Of this, 185 cases were in Category 1 and 2 while 146 were in Category 3, 4 and 5.

Selangor had the highest number of new admissions with 74, followed by Perak (64) and Johor (36).

A total of 335 patients were also discharged yesterday.

In a statement, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Covid-19 intensive care units (ICUs) were at 16% of their total capacity of 859 beds. 

There was no region where the number of ICU beds had exceeded 50% capacity today.

A total of 81 patients required respiratory assistance, with ventilators being used at 9% of their maximum capacity.

The use of normal Covid-19 beds exceeded 50% capacity in Putrajaya (53%).

In terms of the total capacity for both Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 patients at public hospitals, critical beds were at 57% capacity while 52% of ICUs were in use.

Ten new clusters were also reported yesterday.

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