A TOTAL of 260 new Covid-19 deaths were reported in the past 24 hours, Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today.

The director-general of health said the fatalities raised the death toll to 12,228.

Noor Hisham said the country’s active caseload is now at 243,942, with 1,096 patients requiring intensive care, of which 540 are on respiratory support.

Meanwhile, there were 17,655 recoveries, taking the total number of patients discharged from hospitals to 1,128,183.

Noor Hisham said today’s involved 20,662 local transmissions, comprising 17,179 Malaysians and 3,483 non-citizens, as well as eight import cases.

“Of the 20,670 daily cases reported today, a total of 676 cases (3.3%) were from categories 3, 4 and 5, while 19,994 cases (96.7%) were from categories 1 and 2,” he said.

He said only 2,646 cases or 12.8% of the total cases reported today had been completely vaccinated (two weeks after receiving the second dose).

Noor Hisham said a total of 260 deaths were also recorded today, while 1,096 cases needed treatment in the intensive care units (ICU) and 540 of them required respiratory assistance.

A total of 34 new clusters were also reported, involving 20 workplace clusters, 12 community clusters, one high-risk group cluster and one detention centre cluster.

The latest data also showed that the Covid-19 infection rate or Rt recorded in Perlis was at 1.41, surpassing the national Rt value of 1.05, said Noor Hisham. – August 14, 2021.