KUALA LUMPUR, June 27 — The number of new Covid-19 infections in the country for the 25th Epidemiology Week (ME 25) which began from June 19 to June 25 saw a 10.9 per cent increase to 15,739 cases compared to 14,195 cases the week before.
However, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the number of deaths showed a 38.1 per cent drop, with 13 cases compared to 21 cases in the previous week.
“The number of recovered cases in ME 25 also showed a rise of 33.8 per cent, namely from 10,524 to 14,078 cases,” he said in a statement today.
Dr Noor Hisham said the admission of Covid-19 patients into health facilities (including Covid-19 Quarantine and Treatment Centres (PKRCs) and public hospitals) and the per 100,000 population, has increased by 11 per cent for ME 25 compared to the earlier week.
He said the number of Covid-19 patient admissions to public hospitals per 100,000 population increased by 28 per cent.
“Categories One and Two patient admissions increased 14 per cent while Categories Three, Four and Five admissions increased 45 per cent,” he said.
Dr Noor Hisham said active cases being monitored by the virtual Covid-19 Assessment Centre increased 27.1 per cent at the end of ME 25 from 27,247 cases to 34,639 cases.
He said the average infectivity rate (Rt value) showed a 1.9 per cent drop compared to the previous week, adding that there were now eight active Covid-19 clusters in the country.
— Bernama
