KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 99.13% of the 7,739 new Covid-19 cases recorded on Monday (April 11) were in Categories One and Two, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

       Of the total, he said, 67 cases or 0.87% were in categories three, four and five and added that 24 of these cases involved unvaccinated or partially vaccinated individuals.

       Dr Noor Hisham then added that 16 of the cases in these categories had received two doses of a Covid-19 vaccine but had not received the booster dose, while 27 had received a booster dose.

       "The additional new cases yesterday brought the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases in the country to 4,333,557. Two new clusters were reported yesterday, bringing the total number of active clusters to 126,” he said in a statement on Tuesday (April 12).

       He said 427 Covid-19 cases were admitted to the hospital yesterday of which 187 cases (43.8 per cent) were in categories three, four and five, while the remaining 240 cases (56.2%) were in Categories One and Two.

       The number of recoveries on Monday also exceeded the number of new cases when 19,049 recovered cases were reported bringing the cumulative total to 4,163,777.

       On the usage of health facilities dedicated for Covid-19 cases, he said bed occupancy for critical or Intensive Care Unit (ICU) cases at Putrajaya was at 100% while Selangor was at 52%.

       Bed usage at Low Risk COVID-19 Quarantine and Treatment Centres (PKRC) nationwide was below 50%

       The national COVID-19 infectivity rate or Rt value yesterday was 0.84, with Selangor still registering the highest at 0.92 and Kelantan the lowest at 0.66, he added. - Bernama