Of this, 1,195 cases were in Category 1 and 2, and 734 in Category 3, 4 and 5.

Sabah had the highest number of new admissions with 1,682 cases, followed by Johor (1,616) and Kedah (1,208).

A total of 1,672 patients were discharged yesterday.

In a statement, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Covid-19 intensive care units (ICUs) were at 44% of their total capacity of 885 beds.

A total of 225 patients required respiratory assistance, with ventilators being used at 25% of their maximum capacity.

The use of normal Covid-19 beds has exceeded 50% capacity in Selangor (100%), Putrajaya (96%), Perlis (95%), Perak and Kuala Lumpur (87%), Terengganu (86%), Sarawak (80%), Kelantan (77%), Melaka (69%), Penang and Johor (61%), and Pahang (59%).

In terms of the total capacity of public hospitals for both Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 patients, non-critical beds were at 67% while 60% of ICUs were in use.

Five clusters were also reported yesterday.

Malaysia’s Covid-19 infectivity rate (R-nought or R0) stood at 1.06.

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