KUALA LUMPUR, March 30 — A total of 24,154 Covid-19 recovery cases were recorded yesterday, which is higher than the number of new cases detected for the day, which was 15,215 cases, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
This brings to 3,920,643 Covid-19 recovery cases recorded in the country so far, he said in a statement today.
On the new cases recorded yesterday, he said, 906 cases were admitted to hospital, with 348 of them, or 38.4 per cent, in category three, four and five, while 558 cases or 61.6 per cent in category one and two.
On the use of health facilities, especially involving Covid-19 cases, Dr Noor Hisham said three states recorded usage of more than 50 per cent of beds in the Intensive care Unit (ICU), with Putrajaya at 67 per cent, Selangor (53 per cent) and Kuala Lumpur (50 per cent).
None of the states recorded more than 50 per cent usage of beds at the Low Risk Quarantine and Treatment Centres (PKRC), he added.
He said the number of Covid-19 patients in need of ventilator support increased to 176 patients.
According to Dr Noor Hisham, two new clusters have been identified bringing the total number of active clusters to 214.
On the infectivity rate or Rt value, he said, it was 0.89 nationwide, with Selangor still recording the highest rate of 1.05 and Sabah the lowest at 0.66.
— Bernama
