PUTRAJAYA – The Health Ministry expects the daily Covid-19 cases to hover around 500 by May, depending on the people’s level of compliance with standard operating procedures (SOP) set by the government.
Its minister, Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba, said the projection is based on the declining infectivity rate (Rt) or R-naught (R0), which was 0.87 yesterday compared with 0.9 on February 28.
“However, if the SOP is not adhered to, the RT is expected to rise again to over 1.0, likewise the number of daily positive cases,” he said at a press conference on developments concerning the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme here today.
Dr Adham said that, up to yesterday, most states had achieved an RT of below 1.0, except for Terengganu and Penang.
On the incidence of Covid-19 cases based on districts in the peninsula, he said for the February 28 to March 14 period, the number of districts in the green zones increased to 11 from six.
The districts involved were four in Kedah, two each in Pahang and Perak, and one each in Kelantan, Terengganu and Negri Sembilan.
In the same period, the number of districts in red zones dropped to 35 from 42, and increased from 31 districts to 37 in yellow zones. – Bernama, March 15, 2021
