Dr Noor Hisham: New daily cases drop to 5,097 on Saturday

KUALA LUMPUR: New Covid-19 daily cases continued to drop to 5,097 from 5,501 on Friday, taking the total number of infections in the country to 2,619,577, said Health directorgeneral Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He added that the national infectivity rate (Rt) also continued to drop to 0.97 on Saturday compared to 0.99 on Friday.

“Of the total number of new cases, 5,080 were local transmissions while the remaining 17 were imported,” he said in a statement on Saturday.

He also pointed out that of the new cases, only 84 were in categories three, four and five while 5,013 were in categories one and two. He said that 5,352 recoveries were recorded on Saturday, taking the total number of recovered cases to 2,522,045.

Dr Noor Hisham also said that 423 cases are being treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), with 171 of them requiring respiratory assistance.

A total of eight new clusters were also detected on Saturday, taking the number of active clusters nationwide to 234.

Detailed information on the Covid-19 situation in the country will be uploaded on the COVIDNOW website at https:// covidnow.moh.gov.my and the data will be updated at midnight every day.