KUALA LUMPUR: Only 175 of the 31,490 new Covid-19 cases recorded on Tuesday are in Categories 3 to 5, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

       He said the other 31,315 cases were in Categories 1 and 2, with the additional new cases bringing the tally in the country to 3,680,953, according to Bernama.

       A total of 29,035 recovered cases were also reported, bringing the cumulative total recoveries to 3,340,889.

       “Of the 175 new cases in Categories 3 to 5, 39 were unvaccinated or had not been fully vaccinated; 90 had received two doses of the vaccine but had not received a booster dose; and 46 had received a booster dose.

       “A total of 107 those cases involved those aged 60 and above, 43 with comorbidities,” he said in a statement yesterday.

       He also said that 1,967 cases were admitted to hospitals yesterday, 691 of which were in Categories 3 to 5, and 1,276 others in Categories 1 and 2.

       Dr Noor Hisham said 373 cases required treatment in an intensive care unit (ICU), with 223 requiring respiratory assistance.

       On ICU bed occupancy in hospitals, he said six states recorded 50% or more, namely Kelantan (73%), Kuala Lumpur (65%), Johor (63%), Selangor (61%), Perak (55%), and Putrajaya (50%).

       As for the country’s infectivity rate (Rt), Dr Noor Hisham said it was now 1.07 with Sarawak recording the highest Rt of 1.36 followed by Kuala Lumpur (1.26), Terengganu (1.17), Perak (1.16) and Negri Sembilan (1.11).