KUALA LUMPUR – The number of new Covid-19 infections in the country for the 25th epidemiology week (EW 25), which spanned June 19 to 25, saw a 10.9% increase to 15,739 cases compared to 14,195 cases the week before.
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said, however, the number of deaths showed a 38.1% drop, with 13 cases compared to 21 cases in the previous week.
“The number of recovered cases in EW 25 also showed a rise of 33.8%, namely from 10,524 to 14,078 cases,” he said in a statement today.
Dr Noor Hisham said the admission of Covid-19 patients into health facilities (public hospitals and the Covid-19 quarantine and treatment centres) per 100,000 of the population has increased by 11% for EW 25 compared to the earlier week.
He said the number of Covid-19 patient admissions to public hospitals per 100,000 of the population increased by 28%.
“Categories 1 and 2 patient admissions increased 14% while Categories 3, 4 and 5 admissions increased 45%,” he said.
Dr Noor Hisham said active cases being monitored by the virtual Covid-19 assessment centre increased 27.1% at the end of EW 25 from 27,247 cases to 34,639 cases.
He said the average infectivity rate (Rt value) showed a 1.9% drop compared to the previous week, adding that there were now eight active Covid-19 clusters in the country. – Bernama, June 27, 2022
