KUALA LUMPUR – It has taken three months for the number of daily Covid-19 cases in the country to drop to about 2,000, with 2,478 cases recorded yesterday, said Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
The last time there were around 2,000 daily Covid-19 cases was on January 17, when 2,342 cases were recorded, and the highest number of daily cases recorded during the three-month period was on March 5 with 33,406 cases, before figures started trending downwards.
Of the total cases recorded yesterday, 98.71% or 2,446 cases were in Categories 1 and 2, while 32 cases or 1.29% were in Categories 3, 4 and 5.
“Of the total 32 cases in Categories 3, 4, and 5, 16 cases involved patients who are not vaccinated or had not been fully vaccinated, 10 cases involved those who are fully vaccinated but had not received the booster dose, while six others had received the booster dose.
“Eighteen of the 32 cases are aged 60 years and above while 19 have comorbidities,” the DG said in his daily statement on Covid-19 cases today.
A total of 143 cases were admitted to hospitals yesterday with 76 of them in Categories 1 and 2, while 67 are in Categories 3, 4, and 5.
With the new cases recorded yesterday, the cumulative total of Covid-19 cases in the country is now 4,433,551, with a total of 4,330,037 recovered cases, including 9,215 recoveries recorded yesterday.
Dr Noor Hisham said Malaysia’s Covid-19 infectivity rate (Rt value) yesterday was 0.73 with Putrajaya recording the highest rate of 1.07. – Bernama, April 26, 2022
