PETALING JAYA: There were 564 new hospital admissions involving Covid-19 cases yesterday, the health ministry said.
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Of this, 343 cases were in Category 1 and 2 while 221 were in Category 3, 4 and 5.
Selangor had the highest number of new admissions with 136, followed by Johor (77) and Perak (75).
A total of 578 patients were also discharged yesterday.
In a statement, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Covid-19 intensive care units (ICUs) were at 25% of their total capacity of 876 beds.
Only Selangor (55%) has exceeded 50% ICU bed capacity.
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A total of 122 patients required respiratory assistance, with ventilators being used at 14% of their maximum capacity.
The use of normal Covid-19 beds has exceeded 50% capacity in Putrajaya (61%) and Selangor (51%).
In terms of the total capacity for both Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 patients at public hospitals, non-critical beds were at 63% capacity while 56% of ICUs were in use.
No new clusters were reported yesterday.
The Covid-19 infectivity rate (R0) stood at 0.86.-FMT