KUALA LUMPUR: The national Covid-19 infectivity rate (Rt) was 1.06 on Sunday, a 0.02 decrease from the 1.08 value reported on Saturday.

       Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin tweeted that although the country’s daily Rt had steadily dropped to 1.05, it is too early to say if Malaysia had passed the peak of the Omicron variant, even with 96% of active cases recovering at home and hospital capacity currently under control.

       “If the trend continues, a full border opening and more relaxed local measures will follow,” Bernama reported him as saying.

       Meanwhile, in his social media updates, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Perak reported the highest Rt value at 1.32, followed by Labuan at 1.27, Sarawak at 1.24 and Terengganu at 1.22.

       A total of 105 cases, or 0.43% of the 24,466 new Covid-19 cases recorded on Sunday were in Categories Three, Four and Five, compared to the 129 cases recorded on Saturday.

       Dr Noor Hisham said the remaining 24,361 cases (99.57%) on Sunday were in Categories One and Two, or mild and asymptomatic.

       This brought the cumulative total in Malaysia to 3,419,636 cases, according to Bernama.

       “Of the 105 cases, 25 were unvaccinated or partially vaccinated, 56 had received two doses of the vaccine but not the booster, and 24 had received the booster dose,” he said in a statement Monday.

       Dr Noor Hisham said that on Sunday there were 1,559 cases admitted, with 569 cases (36.5%) in Categories Three, Four and Five, and the remaining 990 cases (63.5%) in Categories One and Two.

       He said 22,380 recoveries were reported on Sunday, bringing the cumulative total to 3,085,940 recovered cases.

       On the rate for critical or intensive care unit (ICU) bed occupancy, Dr Noor Hisham said Kelantan was 94%, Johor was 69%, Putrajaya was 67%, Kuala Lumpur was 62%, and Perak and Melaka were 58% each.

       On flood-related Covid-19 cases, he said that as at 3pm on Sunday, two cases had been identified among flood evacuees in Terengganu, bringing the number of cumulative cases to 25.

       “All the reported cases have been identified and isolated from other flood victims at a special relief centre (PPS). No clusters among flood victims were reported at any of the PPS,” he added.

       Dr Noor Hisham said apart from that, two health facilities in Terengganu were affected by the floods (level one), namely the Wakaf Tapai Health Clinic in Marang and Kuala Nerus district health office.

       However, both facilities were reported to be operating as usual.

       “On Sunday, there were seven acute respiratory infection (ARI) and one skin disease case reported. No cases of conjunctivitis, typhoid, cholera, leptospirosis or dengue were reported among the flood victims,” he added.