Covid: 0.81pct of new cases in categories 3-5

A total of 186 cases or 0.81 percent of the 23,100 new Covid-19 cases recorded yesterday are in categories three, four and five.

Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the remaining 22,914 cases (99.19 percent) are in categories one and two, which are mild and asymptomatic infections.

This brings the cumulative total of cases to 3,442,736.

“Of the 186 cases under categories three, four and five, 39 are unvaccinated or not fully vaccinated and 84 have received two doses of vaccine but not the booster jab,” he said in a statement today.

Noor Hisham said that yesterday, 1,555 cases were admitted to hospitals, with 592 cases (38.1 percent) in categories three, four and five and the remaining 963 cases (61.9 per cent) in categories one and two.

He said 30,624 recoveries were reported yesterday, bringing the cumulative figure for recovered cases to 3,116,564.

On the intensive care unit (ICU) bed use, Noor Hisham said eight states recorded bed utilisation of at least 50 percent, namely Perlis (55 percent), Perak (58 percent), Kuala Lumpur (65 percent), Putrajaya (67 percent), Malacca (61 percent), Johor (63 percent), Kelantan (70 percent) and Sabah (53 percent).

Noor Hisham said overall, each state was prepared with its quick response plan in the event of an increase in cases requiring admission to the Covid-19 Low-Risk Quarantine and Treatment Centre (PKRC), hospital and ICU.

Data difference

On the difference in daily data of hospital admissions of Covid-19 cases compared to newly diagnosed categories one to five cases, he said this was due to the fact that a patient's clinical condition is dynamic and may deteriorate or improve during the period of infection.

“For example, when diagnosed, the patient may be in category 2A and isolated at home through a digital Home Surveillance Order, but the patient's health status may decline to category 3 or more and require hospitalisation.

“At the same time, there are also high-risk cases from categories one and two that require admission to PKRC and hospital as a precautionary measure,” he added.

- Bernama

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