368,954 Covid-19 cases in Sabah since outbreak

KOTA KINABALU: Sabah recorded 172 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours pushing the total caseload to 368,954 since the outbreak of pandemic.

There were no fatalities reported by the Health Department on April 8.

Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Masidi Manjun said the number of daily cases hovering around 200 in the past few days showed that Sabah is in a stable phase.

“However, people should always be careful because the percentage of sporadic infections remains high, today 68 per cent,” he said.

In total, four districts in Sabah recorded double-digit cases, namely Kota Kinabalu 57 cases, Penampang 12, Sandakan 12 and Papar 10. Another 21 districts recorded single-digit cases with 17 of them recording between one to five cases only. There are no new cases in Nabawan and Tongod.

Masidi also said 164 out of 172 cases on Friday are in Categories 1 and 2, five cases in Category 3, two in Category 4 and one in Category 5.

Meanwhile, new Covid-19 cases in Malaysia dropped below the 15,000 mark for a six consecutive day with 11,994 infections reported on Thursday, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

This brings the cumulative number of positive Covid-19 cases to 4,292,585, while 16,603 recoveries were recorded yesterday, raising the total figure for recovered cases to 4,099,786.

“Of the new cases registered yesterday, 541 cases were admitted to hospital, with 217 cases or 40.1 per cent in categories three, four and five while 324 cases or 59.9 per cent were in categories one and two,” he said in a statement yesterday.

On the usage of health facilities dedicated to Covid19, Dr Noor Hisham said only Selangor recorded bed occupancy exceeding 50 per cent in the intensive care unit (ICU) with 53 per cent as of Thursday.

For bed usage at Low-Risk Covid-19 Quarantine and Treatment Centres (PKRC), no states recorded occupancy of more than 50 per cent.

Dr Noor Hisham said the number of Covid-19 patients requiring ventilators dropped to 108, giving a ventilator usage rate of 12 per cent.

The Covid-19 infectivity rate or Rt value for the country dropped from 0.86 to 0.83, with Selangor registering the highest at 0.96 and Kelantan the lowest at 0.65.