KUALA LUMPUR: The number of Covid-19 recoveries outpaced new infections on Wednesday, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic).
A total of 21,029 recoveries were reported, bringing the cumulative number to 4,083,183 since the outbreak began in March 2020.
He said new cases remained below the 15,000 mark for the fifth consecutive day, but showed a slight increase to 12,105 from 12,017 on Tuesday, bringing the cumulative total of Covid-19 cases to 4,280,591.
“Of the new cases, 564 were admitted to hospitals, with 221 cases (39.2%) in Categories Three, Four and Five, while 343 (60.8%) were in Categories One and Two,” he said in a statement yesterday, Bernama reported.
Dr Noor Hisham also said only Selangor recorded over 50% usage of intensive care unit (ICU) beds, at 55%, while no state recorded over 50% bed usage at Low-Risk Quarantine and Treatment Centres.
He said the number of Covid-19 patients requiring respiratory support decreased to 122, with the ventilator usage rate being 14%.
Dr Noor Hisham added that no new clusters were recorded on Wednesday, leaving the number of active clusters at 151.
The national Covid-19 infectivity rate, or Rt, remained at 0.86, with Selangor recording the highest value at 0.99 and Labuan the lowest at 0.00.
A total of 44,376 children aged between five and 11 in Malaysia have completed two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme for Children as at yesterday.
Based on the CovidNow website, a total of 1,353,370 children in the same group, or 38.1% of their population, have received at least one dose.
For adolescents aged between 12 and 17, a total of 2,855,208 individuals (or 91.8%) have completed their vaccination while 2,953,452 individuals (95%) have received at least their first dose.
In the adult population, 15,888,368 individuals, or 67.5%, have received their booster dose, while 22,955,102 people (97.6%) have completed both doses, and 23,232,340 (98.8%) have received at least one dose.
A total of 25,487 doses of the vaccine were dispensed on Wednesday, with 2,631 given as first dose, 11,755 as second dose, and 11,101 as booster dose, bringing the cumulative number of doses administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme to 69,069,817.
According to the Health Ministry’s GitHub portal, a total of 32 deaths due to Covid-19 were reported in the country, with Johor and Selangor recording seven deaths each, followed by Perak, which recorded five; Terengganu four; and Kedah and Melaka with three each.
Negri Sembilan, Kuala Lumpur and Perlis recorded one case each.