KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 — Malaysia’s new daily Covid-19 cases stayed below the 5,000 mark after recording 4,774 infections in the past 24-hour.

This also marked another dip from yesterday’s 4,915 which ended the country’s three days streak of recording above 5,000 cases in daily Covid-19.

It also brings the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country, since the start of the pandemic, to 2,870,758.

Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah also disclosed that only 36 or 0.8 per cent of cases reported today were in Categories 3, 4 and 5 that required hospitalisation.

"There are currently 114 patients being treated in intensive care units, of which eight are suspected, probable or under investigation for Covid-19.

"Out of these 114, 62 need ventilators to help them breathe, including 50 who are confirmed as Covid-19 positive,” he said.

He added that 14 new clusters were also detected over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of active clusters in the country to 314.

He said that Malaysia’s rate of infection currently stands at 1.14, with Perlis being the state with the highest infectivity rate, at 1.25.