PETALING JAYA: A total of 451 Covid-19 cases were detected among flood victims, with seven new cases identified, says the Health Ministry.

       Eighty-six flood relief centres (PPS) are in operation across the country – 41 in Pahang, 19 in Johor, 10 in Negri Sembilan, five in Kelantan, five in Melaka, four in Terengganu and two in Sabah.

       According to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, there were 3,386 new Covid-19 cases recorded and 3,547 recoveries across the country.

       Malaysia’s cumulative Covid-19 cases number now stands at 2,761,472.

       However, there was also a total of 2,688,925 recoveries to date.

       There are 273 cases requiring treatment in intensive care units (ICU).

       They comprise 202 Covid-19 cases, while the remaining 71 cases are listed as suspected, probable or still under investigation.

       One hundred and fifty-nine of these cases require ventilator support.

       Dr Noor Hisham said of the 3,386 daily new cases, 46 cases (1.4%) were from Categories 3, 4 and 5, while 3,340 cases (98.6%) were from Categories 1 and 2.

       Category 1 means a patient is asymptomatic.

       Category 2 denotes those with mild symptoms.

       Patients in Category 3 cases experience pneumonia while cases in Category 4 have pneumonia and require oxygen.

       Category 5 patients are listed as critical, and require ventilator support.

       Of the new cases, 346 were imported cases while 3,040 were local infections.

       The total number of active clusters is now 215. There were five new clusters.

       The latest data by the Health Ministry also shows that the Covid-19 infectivity rate or R-nought (Rt) in Malaysia is 0.98.

       Kelantan registered the highest infectivity rate at 1.02, followed by Terengganu, Johor and Melaka (all 0.97).

       The states with the lowest recorded Rt are Labuan (0.82) and Sarawak (0.75).