KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 10,619 Covid-19 recovery cases were recorded in the country on Tuesday, bringing the cumulative number of recoveries to 4,274,746, says the Health director-general.

       Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the number of new cases had dropped to 6,069 compared with 7,140 recorded the previous day, ？？bringing the cumulative figure for positive Covid-19 cases thus far to 4,402,234.

       “Of the 6,069 new cases reported yesterday, 5,959 were local transmissions involving 96.4% Malaysians and 3.6% foreigners, while 110 were imported cases comprising 66.4% Malaysians and 33.6% foreigners,” he said in a statement Bernama reported yesterday.

       Dr Noor Hisham said a total of 241 Covid-19 cases were admitted to hospitals comprising 97 cases (40.2%) in Categories Three, Four and Five, while 144 cases (59.8%) were in Categories One and Two.

       He said no state recorded over 50% of bed occupancy at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and Covid-19 patients in need of a ventilator dropped to 64 with the percentage of ventilators use being 8%.

       Five new clusters were identified, bringing the total number of active clusters to 109, while the Covid-19 infectivity rate or Rt value recorded nationwide was 0.86 with Negri Sembilan recording the highest Rt value of 0.90, he said.