218 new hospital admissions, ICUs at 12% capacity

218 new hospital admissions, ICUs at 12% capacity

240 patients were discharged yesterday.

A total of 57 patients required respiratory assistance, with ventilators being used at 8% of their maximum capacity. (Bernama pic)
PETALING JAYA:
There were 218 new hospital admissions involving Covid-19 cases yesterday, the health ministry said.

Of this, 107 cases were in Category 1 and 2 while 111 were in Category 3, 4 and 5.

Selangor had the highest number of new admissions with 65, followed by Perak (22) and Kuala Lumpur (19).

A total of 240 patients were discharged yesterday.

In a statement, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Covid-19 intensive care units (ICUs) were at 12% of their total capacity of 748 beds.

A total of 57 patients required respiratory assistance, with ventilators being used at 8% of their maximum capacity.

In terms of public hospitals’ total capacity (Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 patients), non-critical beds were at 53% while 52% of ICUs were in use.

One cluster was reported yesterday.

Malaysia’s Covid-19 infectivity rate (R-nought or R0) stood at 0.77.

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