COVID: 223 new cases in categories three to five
10/03/2022
KUALA LUMPUR, March 10 -- Only 223 out of 30,246 new COVID-19 cases recorded Wednesday (March 9) were in categories three to five, said Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said the other 30,023 cases comprised categories one and two, with the additional new cases bringing the case tally in the country to 3,711,199.
“Meanwhile, a total of 26,653 recovered cases were reported, bringing the cumulative total of recoveries to 3,367,542,” he said in a statement today.
Dr Noor Hisham said of the 223 new cases in categories three to five, 58 cases were unvaccinated or had not been fully vaccinated; 107 cases had received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine but had not received a booster dose; and 58 cases had received a booster dose.
“A total of 120 cases involved those aged 60 and above, 53 with comorbidities,” he said.
Dr Noor Hisham also informed that 1,929 cases were admitted to hospitals yesterday, 734 of which were in categories three, four and five, and 1,195 others in categories one and two.
He said 388 cases required treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with 225 requiring respiratory assistance.
On ICU bed occupancy in hospitals, he said seven states recorded 50 per cent or more, namely Kelantan (79 per cent); Kuala Lumpur (73 per cent); Johor (68 per cent); Putrajaya (67 per cent); Selangor (66 per cent); Penang and Perak (51 per cent each).
As for the country’s infectivity rate (Rt), Dr Noor Hisham said it was now 1.06 with Sarawak recording the highest Rt of 1.36 followed by Kuala Lumpur (1.19), Terengganu (1.16), Perak (1.14) and Negeri Sembilan (1.07).
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113 DEATHS
Malaysia recorded 113 Covid-19 deaths yesterday, pushing the death toll to 33,497, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
In a statement today, he explained that the reporting process of deaths due to Covid-19 has improved starting March 1 where such cases are reported within 72 hours.
"This will reduce backlogs… the aim is to report 80 per cent of the total deaths.
"On average, from March 1 to March 8, 77 per cent of the deaths were reported, and this is evidence that compliance of death reporting from the ground has improved," he said.
Dr Noor Hisham however said only 58 per cent of the 113 deaths reported yesterday had met the 72-hour requirement.
"Another 48 deaths or 42 per cent were cases more than three days ago. Checks with all state health departments revealed that the delay was due to technical factors.
"For example, deaths that happened in district hospitals located in rural areas including brought-in-dead cases require further investigations and the report needs to be managed by bigger hospitals.
"However, the delay factor has been scrutinised and measures had been implemented to improve the timelines of Covid-19 deaths reported in the country," he said.
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