KUALA LUMPUR – A total of 15,893 Covid-19 recoveries were reported yesterday, which is higher than the number of new cases detected for the day, which was 10,052, said Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said of the total new cases reported, 10,031 were local cases with 95.8% involving citizens and 4.2% non-citizens, while the remaining 21 were imported cases, with 85.7% of them citizens and 14.3% non-citizens.
“A total of 426 Covid-19 cases were admitted to hospital yesterday with 182 cases, or 42.7%, in categories three, four, and five, while the remaining 244 cases or 57.3% were in categories one and two,” he said in a statement today.
On Covid-19 patients requiring respiratory assistance, he said, the number dropped to 97 patients yesterday, with ventilator usage at 11%.
On health facilities specifically for Covid-19 cases, Dr Noor Hisham said Putrajaya and Selangor recorded the use of intensive care unit (ICU) beds exceeding 50%, at 67% and 51% respectively.
For usage of non-ICU beds, he said, only Putrajaya recorded usage of more than 50%, at 53%.
On bed usage at Covid-19 low-risk quarantine and treatment centres, only Perak recorded more than 50%, at 59%.
Meanwhile, Dr Noor Hisham said three new clusters were recorded yesterday, bringing the total number of active clusters to 113.
The infectivity rate of Covid-19 or Rt value, he said, was 0.85 nationwide, with Selangor still recording the highest rate of 0.93 and Labuan recording the lowest rate with 15 cases. – Bernama, April 14, 2022
