PETALING JAYA: Malaysia detected 2,033 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday (June 16), bringing the total number of cases in the country to 4,534,665 since the pandemic began.
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The Health Ministry’s CovidNow portal reported that all of Thursday’s new Covid-19 cases were local transmissions.
The portal also reported that 1,337 individuals recovered from Covid-19, bringing the total number of recoveries in the country to 4,474,358 since the pandemic began.
There are currently 24,577 active Covid-19 infections in Malaysia, with 23,573 individuals, or 95.9%, observing home quarantine and 13, or 0.1%, being treated at Quarantine and Treatment Centres throughout the country.
Some 959 Covid-19 cases, or 3.9%, have been hospitalised and 32 patients, or 0.2% of active cases, are being treated in intensive care units (ICU) nationwide, with 18 requiring ventilator support.
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The CovidNow portal also reported that the overall ICU utilisation rate in Malaysia now stands at 60.7% while the usage rate for Covid-19 patients is 7.3%.
Meanwhile, the Health Ministry’s GitHub data repository reported that there were five deaths due to Covid-19 on Thursday, including three classified as brought-in-dead.
Three of the Covid-19 deaths were reported in Perak, while the remaining two were in Johor.
This brings the total number of fatalities in the country due to Covid-19 to 35,730 since the pandemic began.-The Star