There are 18,253 new Covid-19 infections in Malaysia, with 44 deaths.
In the last 24 hours, Malaysia has recorded 18,253 new Covid-19 cases, up 3,345 from yesterday. With this latest statistic, the total number of cases reported in the country since the outbreak began has risen to 4,201,919.
According to Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, 187 cases were imported today, comprising 175 Malaysians and 12 foreigners. “A total of 18,373 cases involving 17,550 Malaysians and 823 foreigners were reported locally,” he added in a statement.
Dr. Noor Hisham further stated that 267 patients are currently being treated in critical care units (ICUs) across the country, with 128 of them being confirmed to have Covid-19 and the remainder 139 being suspected, probable, or under investigation.
He claims that 164 of them require ventilator support, with 79 of them being Covid-19 positive. He further stated that 44 individuals died yesterday as a result of the fatal disease, with eight of them dying before reaching hospitals for treatment.
According to him, the total number of people who have died since the outbreak began is 34,983. He also stated that 18,253 people had recovered from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, increasing the total number of people who have recovered to 3,960,082.
Only 125 of the 18,253 instances today are in Categories 3, 4, and 5, which necessitate hospitalisation, according to him, while the rest are in Categories 1 and 2. Covid-19 cases in ICUs in three states have reached or above 50% capacity, according to Dr Noor Hisham: 57 percent in Kuala Lumpur, 55 percent in Perlis, and 50 percent in Selangor.
Meanwhile, Putrajaya (96%), Selangor (63%) and Kuala Lumpur (50%) are the three states with the highest percentage of non-ICU beds used for Covid-19 patients (50 per cent). No new clusters were recorded yesterday, according to Dr. Noor Hisham, bringing the total number of active clusters in the country to 198. The Covid-19 infectivity rate (R-nought or R0) in Malaysia is now 0.87.
