KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 7 — Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 cases reached another milestone this year after recording 11,034 new infections for the past 24 hour.
The last time Malaysia recorded above 11,000-mark was on October 1, last year after recording 11,889 that day.
The latest figure represents a marked increase of 945 cases from the 10,089 new infections recorded yesterday.
It also brings the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country, since the start of the pandemic, to 2,925,254.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah also disclosed that only 58 or 0.5 per cent of cases reported today were in Categories 3, 4 and 5 that required hospitalisation.
“There are currently 135 patients being treated in intensive care units (ICU), of which 51 are suspected, probable or under investigation for Covid-19.
“Out of these 135, 81 need ventilators to help them breathe, including 38 who are confirmed as Covid-19 positive,” he said.
He added that 10 new clusters were also detected over the past 24 hours, bringing the total number of active clusters in the country to 366.
He said that Malaysia’s rate of infection currently stands at 1.27, with Sabah being the state with the highest infectivity rate, at 1.47.
