Active Covid-19 cases at 83,071
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ACTIVE Covid-19 cases rose to 83,071 after Malaysia reported more than 10,000 infections for the third day in a row, the Health Ministry said.
Yesterday there were 13,944 cases against 5,421 recoveries.
The number of active cases has been on the rise for the past few weeks as new infections outnumber recoveries, attributed by health authorities to the more transmissible Omicron variant.
Of the 13,944 new cases, 1,253 were hospitalised.
Hospital admissions on a seven-day average have also increased from reporting fewer than 1,000 daily for two months, until Sunday.
The ministry’s CovidNow website showed that the nationwide hospital utilisation rate increased to 70% from 64.5% the day before, with Covid patients comprising 45.7%.
Ventilator utilisation, however declined from 33.8% to 33%.
Intensive care unit occupancy also increased from 50.7%, to 52.1% with Covid patients accounting for 16.3% of usage.
Kedah had the highest utilisation rate of 80.7%.
Meanwhile, of the 13,944 new infections reported yesterday, Klang Valley accounted for 4,194.
Selangor reported 3,031 cases, Kuala Lumpur (1,022) and Putrajaya (141).
Other states and territories reporting new cases were Johor (1,680), Kedah (1,463), Kelantan (1,105), Malacca (387), Negri Sembilan (394), Pahang (696), Perak (352), Perlis (133), Penang (1,023), Sabah (2,069), Sarawak (129), Terengganu (290) and Labuan (29).
Malaysia registered 13 Covid-19 deaths yesterday, bringing the total fatalities in the country since the onset of the epidemic to 32,056.
Among the nine Covid deaths, three were declared dead on arrival. All deaths were backdated.
Selangor reported three deaths, followed by Kelantan (2), Perak (2), Sabah (2), Kedah (1), Penang (1), Malacca (1) and Kuala Lumpur (1). – February 9, 2022.
