“This is especially so in Negeri Sembilan as seen in epidemiological week-41,” he said in a press conference this evening.

Earlier today, Khairy said the Klang Valley has seen a 22% increase in hospital admissions over the last seven days.

Sarawak meanwhile saw a 16% increase in cases.

However, Khairy said that generally, hospital admissions for all categories including ICU admissions and cases needing ventilators are decreasing by the week, nationwide.

“We have also started to decrease the number of beds dedicated to treat Covid-19 cases in phases.”

However, states such as Sarawak, Kelantan and Selangor are still recording over 60% hospital bed usage for both ICU and non-ICU Covid-19 cases. Penang and Perak are still showing hospital bed usage of over 50%.

He added that despite the lower cumulative cases nationwide during epidemiological week-41, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, and Negeri Sembilan recorded an increase in cases by 7.8%, 3.3% and 4.1% respectively, when compared to epidemiological week-40.

Putrajaya, Negeri Sembilan and Perlis also recorded a higher seven-day average incidence rate compared to the previous week, by 13.9%, 9.4% and 2.7% respectively.

Meanwhile, a total of 593 deaths due to Covid-19 were reported for week-41 with an average of 85 deaths a day. Khairy said this was a 15.3% reduction compared to week-40.

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