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Covid: Malaysia's recoveries continue to surpass new cases - Health DG

21 Apr 2022 03:33pm
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah - BERNAMA
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah - BERNAMA

KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia recorded a total of 8,267 recovered cases yesterday, bringing the cumulative number of recoveries to 4,283,013, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

He said new cases reported yesterday were also below the 10,000 mark at 6,968 cases, bringing the cumulative number of positive cases in the country to 4,409,202.

Dr Noor Hisham also said that 99.65 per cent or 6,937 out of the total daily cases reported yesterday were in categories one and two, while 0.44 per cent or 31 cases were in categories three, four and five.

"Of the total new cases, 6,936 cases are local transmissions while another 32 are imported cases. A total of 97 cases require treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and 63 cases require respiratory assistance,” he said in a statement today.

Commenting on the use of dedicated health facilities for Covid-19 cases, Dr Noor Hisham said no state recorded the use of critical or ICUs beds and non-ICU beds exceeding 50 per cent.

He said Selangor recorded the highest percentage of ICU and non-ICU bed use at 37 per cent and 45 per cent respectively.

"The infectivity rate or Rt value recorded nationwide yesterday stood at 0.84 with Melaka recording the highest rate 0.89, while Kelantan recording the lowest rate at 0.63,” he said. - BERNAMA

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