KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 (NNN-Bernama) — Malaysia’s COVID-19 recovery cases continue to exceed the number of new infections when 31,234 recoveries were reported Tuesday compared to 26,534 new cases, said Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said out of the total 26,534 COVID-19 positive cases recorded Tuesday, 99.34 per cent or 26,358 cases were in category one and two.
“A total of 10,516 cases or 39.63 per cent of the COVID-19 cases recorded Tuesday are in category one, while 15,842 cases or 59.71 per cent are category two,” he said in a statement.
Dr Noor Hisham said a total of 176 cases or 0.66 per cent of the new COVID-19 cases recorded Tuesday were in category three, four and five.
For category three and category four, each has 65 cases or 0.24 per cent of the total cases, while 46 cases or 0.18 per cent are in category five, he added.
On the infectivity rate (Rt), he said it was 0.95 for the country Tuesday, slightly down from 0.96 on Monday.
As for the use of beds at the COVID-19 Low Risk Quarantine and Treatment Center (PKRC), he said no state recorded a percentage of more than 50 per cent.
For critical case beds or Intensive Care Units (ICUs), Dr Noor Hisham said seven states recorded usage of more than 50 per cent.
They are federal territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya with 81 and 67 per cent respectively, while states of Johor (64 per cent), Selangor (60 per cent), Kelantan (58), Perlis (55 per cent) and Melaka (50).
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