KUALA LUMPUR – A total of 15,132 recovered cases were reported yesterday, which is higher than the number of new cases detected in the country, at 10,177, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said of the total new cases reported yesterday, 10,124 were local transmissions with 96.8% involving Malaysians and 26.4% foreigners.
As for 53 imported cases, 73.6% were Malaysians and 26.4% foreigners.
“A total of 486 Covid-19 cases were admitted to the hospital yesterday with 198 cases or 40.7% in categories three, four and five, while the remaining 288 cases or 59.3% in categories one and two,” Dr Noor Hisham said in a statement today.
He said Covid-19 patients requiring ventilators dropped to 108 patients yesterday, giving a ventilator usage rate of 12%.
On the usage of health facilities dedicated to Covid-19 cases, Dr Noor Hisham said only Selangor exceeded 50% in bed occupancy for critical or intensive care unit (ICU) cases at 58%, and the state also recorded occupancy of non-ICU beds exceeding 50 per cent, at 51%.
For bed use at the Covid-19 Quarantine and Low-Risk Treatment Centre, no state recorded occupancy of more than 50%.
Meanwhile, Dr Noor Hisham said there were two new clusters recorded yesterday bringing the total number of active clusters to 129 clusters.
According to him, the infectivity rate of Covid-19 or Rt value recorded throughout the country is 0.83, with Selangor still registering the highest at 0.93 and Kelantan the lowest at 0.65. – Bernama, April 10, 2022
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