SHAH ALAM: The daily admission rate of Covid-19 patients for treatment at Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital (HTAR) in Klang has dropped by over 50%.

       Previously, the hospital had received about 400 Covid-19 cases daily for treatment but the numbers went down to around 170 in the past week, said HTAR director Dr Zulkarnain Mohd Rawi.

       “The number of Covid-19 patients at this hospital has dropped from over 1,000 at the height of the infection last July.

       “As of 1pm (yesterday), the number of such patients was less than 900. The patient admission bubble at HTAR occurred from early to mid-July.

       “Alhamdulillah, there has been a drop in the number of patients in categories three and above,” he said when contacted by Bernama.

       This was in response to media reports on the current situation at HTAR following the downtrend in Covid-19 patient admissions since last month, with the most significantly decline recorded at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital last week.

       Dr Zulkarnain said the drop in patient admissions was proof that the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme had yielded positive results and that the situation at HTAR was under control.

       He added that up until Monday afternoon, the bed occupancy in HTAR’s intensive care unit for Covid-19 patients was around 92%. — Bernama