KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 15 — Daily Covid-19 cases in the country have risen again, with 22,133 Covid-19 cases logged by the Health Ministry today.
This is an increase of 818 cases compared to the previous day’s 21,315 new infections.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah noted that 99.34 per cent, or 21,987 of the cases recorded today were in Categories 1 and 2 — meaning they were either asymptomatic or had symptoms but not a lung infection or worse.
The remaining 0.66 per cent, or 146 cases were in Categories 3, 4 and 5 — denoting they had developed lung infections or worse.
There are 194 people warded in Covid-19 intensive care units (ICUs) nationwide, with 120 of them needing ventilator assistance.
Another 7,584 patients recovered from the disease today, while the country’s Covid-19 recovery rate has dropped to 93 per cent — compared to yesterday’s 93.5 per cent.
The national infectivity rate, measured in Rt, stands at 1.38.
All states and federal territories still have an individual Rt of above 1.0, with the highest being in Labuan (1.94), followed by Sarawak and Sabah (both at 1.56), as well as Penang (1.43)
The three lowest Rt records were found in Putrajaya (1.28) Perak (1.26), as well as Melaka and Kuala Lumpur ( both 1.23).
* A previous version of this story contained an error which has since been corrected.
