KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysians need to brave the Covid-19 Omicron variant storm collectively by complying with all public well being and social measures, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
In a Twitter put up on Wednesday (Feb 16), he mentioned many nations in the area are seeing an upward development in Covid-19 instances.
“Please get vaccinated and get your booster dose to protect yourself and your loved ones,” he mentioned.
Malaysia recorded 27,831 new Covid-19 instances Wednesday, the highest day by day determine since the first case was reported in January 2020.
Of the whole, 7,606 instances (27.33%) are in class one, 20,128 instances (72.32%) in class two; 59 instances (0.21%) in class three; 28 instances (0.10%) in class 4 and 10 instances (0.04%) in class 5.
In one other tweet, Dr Noor Hisham mentioned whereas most sufferers had been in the decrease classes after they had been first examined or identified, for instance, 99.65% had been in classes one and two.
The situation of some sufferers deteriorated they usually ended up in the larger classes over the subsequent few days, together with requiring admissions to the Covid-19 Quarantine and Treatment Centre (PKRC) or hospitals.
He mentioned as of 5pm Wednesday, a complete of 1,269 new instances had been hospitalised, of which 428 instances (33.7%) had been in classes three, 4 and 5.
“A total of 841 cases or 66.3% are in categories one and two,” he mentioned.
According to Dr Noor Hisham, the variety of Covid-19 sufferers in non-ICU and ICU beds had elevated whereas that in the PKRC had decreased Wednesday in contrast to Tuesday (Feb 15).
He added that the utilization of ICU beds for Covid-19 instances in two states was over 50%, particularly Johor with 61% and the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur at 51%.
As for PKRC, he mentioned Melaka recorded a 100% mattress utilisation charge, adopted by Selangor (82%).
Nine states recorded over 50% mattress utilisation charge, particularly Negeri Sembilan (79%), Pahang (71%), Kelantan (67%), Sabah (64%), Johor (63%), Kedah (62%) and Perak (56%). – Bernama
