KUALA LUMPUR – The number of new Covid-19 cases in the 39th epidemiological week from September 25 to October 1 dropped 5.2% to 12,291 from 12,963 cases during the previous week (from September 18 to 24), said Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said during the 39th epidemiological week, there were 12,260 cases, from 12,934 cases during the 38th epidemiological week, while the imported cases increased by 6.9% to 31 cases in the 39th epidemiological week, from 29 cases in the 38th epidemiological week.
“Death cases due to Covid-19 in the 39th epidemiological week decreased by 35% to 26 cases from 40 cases in the 38th epidemiological week, while the average daily active cases for the same week decreased by 2.5% to 24,713 cases from the previous week,” he said in a statement today.
On the number of recovery cases, he said, it dropped by 8.4% to 12,534 cases in the 39th epidemiological week, from 13,677 cases the previous week.
Dr Noor Hisham said that based on the CAC physical data reported for the 38th and 39th epidemiological week, it was found that the number of patient arrivals to the CAC decreased by 9%, while the number of Covid-19 cases undergoing home monitoring decreased by 53.5%.
On the trend of daily active Covid-19 cases that were monitored virtually, he said it dropped to 27,486 at the end of the 39th week, from 30,819 cases at the end of the 38th epidemiological week.
He said the number of Covid-19 cases referred by CAC to hospitals had increased by 8.2% last week, while the number of Covid-19 admissions to public hospitals per 100,000 population in the 39th week recorded a decrease of 7.7% for Category 1 and 2 patients, while Category 3, 4, and 5 patients decreased by 13.0%, from the previous week.
According to Dr Noor Hisham, the usage of Covid-19 beds in the 39th week dropped by 1% for non-critical beds, intensive care unit beds (3%) and remained at 0% for beds at the low-risk Covid-19 treatment centre.
On Covid-19 patients requiring ventilators, he said, the number decreased by 0.4% in the 39th epidemiological week.
With the new cases reported during the 39th epidemiological week, Dr Noor Hisham said the cumulative number of Covid-19 reported in the country since January 25, 2020 was 4,842,505 cases, with a cumulative number of cured cases totaling 4,781,138.
The cumulative number of deaths due to Covid-19 is 36,374 cases, while the cumulative number of clusters is 7,081 cases with 13 clusters still active, he added. – Bernama, October 3, 2022
