KUALA LUMPUR: Only 223 out of 30,246 new Covid-19 cases recorded on Wednesday were in Categories Three, Four and Five, said Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said the other 30,023 cases comprised Categories One and Two, with the additional new cases bringing the case tally in the country to 3,711,199.
“Meanwhile, a total of 26,653 recovered cases were reported, bringing the cumulative total of recoveries to 3,367,542,” Bernama quoted him in a statement yesterday.
Dr Noor Hisham said of the 223 new cases in Categories Three to Five, 58 were patients who were unvaccinated or had not been fully vaccinated; 107 cases had received two doses of Covid-19 vaccine but had not received a booster; and 58 cases had received a booster dose.
“A total of 120 cases involved those aged 60 and above; 53 with comorbidities,” he said.
Dr Noor Hisham also said ICU bed occupancy in seven states recorded 50% or more occupancy, namely Kelantan (79%); Kuala Lumpur (73%); Johor (68%); Putrajaya (67%); Selangor (66%); Penang and Perak (51%) each.
As for the infectivity rate (Rt), Dr Noor Hisham said it was now 1.06 with Sarawak recording the highest Rt of 1.36 followed by Kuala Lumpur (1.19), Terengganu (1.16), Perak (1.14) and Negri Sembilan (1.07).
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