PETALING JAYA: There were 847 new hospital admissions involving Covid-19 cases yesterday, the health ministry said.
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Of this, 472 cases were in Category 1 and 2 while 375 were in Category 3, 4 and 5.
Selangor had the highest number of new admissions with 160 , followed by Johor (99) and Perak (84).
A total of 818 patients were discharged yesterday.
In a statement, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Covid-19 intensive care units (ICUs) were at 33% of their total capacity of 882 beds.
ICU beds in only two regions have exceeded 50% capacity – Selangor (55%) and Johor (52%).
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A total of 185 patients required respiratory assistance, with ventilators being used at 21% of their maximum capacity.
The use of normal Covid-19 beds has exceeded 50% capacity in Putrajaya
(87%), Selangor (68%), Kuala Lumpur (53%) and Melaka (51%).
In terms of the total capacity of beds for both Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 patients at public hospitals, the use of non-critical beds was at 62% while 57% of ICUs were in use.
Two new clusters were also reported yesterday.
The Covid-19 infectivity rate (R0) stood at 0.92.-FMT