The number of new Covid-19 infections in Malaysia has surpassed 6,000, with 6,380 cases reported

[ASEAN NOW Content Team]

 

As of noon today, the country's daily Covid-19 instances remained above 6,000, according to the Ministry of Health, which had recorded 6,380 new transmissions.

The overall number of infections has now reached 2,569,533, according to Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

Yesterday, 6,288 new cases were reported, continuing an upward trend that began eleven days ago.
With 1,615 cases, Selangor topped the list.

 

Dr. Noor Hisham later stated that just 98, or 1.5 percent, of the new cases were in the hospitalisation categories 3, 4, and 5.

"The remaining 6,282 cases are in categories 1 and 2, which do not require hospitalisation and just require home quarantine for those infected."

"At this time, 541 patients are being treated in intensive care units (ICUs), 452 of whom have tested positive for Covid-19, with another 89 suspected, probable, or under investigation."

"Of these 541, 263 require ventilators to help them breathe," he added, adding that 169 have been verified to be positive for Covid-19.

 

He also stated that the number of new instances today exceeds the total number of Covid-19 patients who recovered, which was 5,760.

In the last 24 hours, nine additional Covid-19 clusters have been discovered, increasing the total number of active clusters in the country to 246.

Admissions to hospitals across the country for Covid-19 have increased by 5% in the last seven days compared to the previous week.

 

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