Covid-19: Over 98% of new cases on Tuesday (Nov 23) have mild or no symptoms

PETALING JAYA: Only 85 or 1.5% of Tuesday’s (Nov 23) 5,594 new Covid-19 cases are Category Three, Four and Five infections, says the Health Ministry.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the remaining 98.5% (5,509 cases) are asymptomatic or have mild symptoms.

“The 5,594 new cases on Tuesday bring the country’s cumulative total of Covid-19 infections to 2,597,080,” said Dr Noor Hisham in his daily Covid-19 statement.

There were 24 imported cases involving 15 Malaysians and nine foreigners.

Malaysia also discharged another 4,908 patients in the same 24-hour span.

This brings the total of Covid-19 recoveries to 2,498,345, which is a 96.2% recovery rate.

Currently, there are 532 patients in intensive care units, 424 of whom are confirmed Covid-19 cases and 108 are suspected.

There are 266 people on ventilator support.

The Health Ministry has also identified 10 new Covid-19 clusters nationwide.

Nationwide, there are currently 231 active clusters.

According to the Health Ministry’s CovidNow website, the number of active cases as of Monday is 67,986.

About 80% of these cases are mild or asymptomatic infections and the patients are currently undergoing home quarantine.

The Covid-19 death toll rose to 30,063 after 63 newly-reported fatalities were registered on Monday.