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PETALING JAYA: The health ministry has reported 5,859 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours.
This comes after three consecutive days of the number of cases breaching the 6,000 mark.
In a statement, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the total number of infections now stands at 2,581,747.
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Daily numbers stay above 6,000 for third day in a row
PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 cases stayed above the 6,000 mark for the third day straight with 6,355 new infections recorded.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said of yesterday’s cases, 6,240 or 98.2% were mild and asymptomatic.
“Another 1.8% or 115 cases were in Category Three, Four, and Five.
“There were 31 imported cases, involving 20 Malaysians and 11 foreigners,” he said in his daily Covid-19 statement.
Cumulatively, Malaysia recorded a total of 2,575,888 Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began.
Dr Noor Hisham said the infectivity rate had seen a slight decrease in the last few days, with Thursday’s RT level at 1.02.
The country’s RT went up as high as 1.05 on Nov 13. An RT level of 1.0 and above indicates that the Covid-19 outbreak is growing.
Melaka (RT 0.99), Sabah (RT 0.97), Penang (RT 0.96), Perlis (RT 0.89), Sarawak (RT 0.85) and Labuan (RT 0.00) are the only states with RT levels below 1.0.
Dr Noor Hisham added that another 5,031 patients were discharged in the same 24-hour span.
“This brings the total of Covid-19 recoveries to 2,477,314, which is a 96.2% recovery rate.
“Currently, there are 542 patients in intensive care units, of which 436 are confirmed Covid-19 cases and 106 are suspected.
“There are 268 people on ventilator support,” he said, adding that 10 new clusters had been identified nationwide.
According to the Health Ministry’s CovidNow website, 78.4% of active cases as of Thursday are mild or asymptomatic infections requiring home quarantine.
The death toll stands at 29,892 after 55 fatalities were registered on Thursday.
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