THE Health Ministry yesterday reported 901 hospitalisations linked to Covid-19.

The hospital utilisation rate stood at 67.7%, up from 65.8% the previous day, with coronavirus cases accounting for 29% of the bed occupancy rate.

The number of hospital admissions indicates the severity of the virus. Hospital utilisation includes bed usage as well as the number of patients in intensive care units and on ventilators.

There were 317 virus patient admissions in the Klang Valley, which had a hospital utilisation rate of 61.4%.

Selangor reported 265 admissions, Kuala Lumpur (29) and Putrajaya (23).

Other states that reported new Covid admissions were Johor (208), Kedah (28), Kelantan (43), Malacca (10), Negri Sembilan (40), Pahang (35), Perak (52), Perlis (6), Penang (12), Sabah (94), Sarawak (48), Terengganu (8).

Yesterday Malaysia saw 3,246 new infections.

Selangor reported the highest number of cases at 1,006, followed by Johor (380) and Kuala Lumpur (280).

Other states that reported new cases were Kedah (178), Kelantan (270), Malacca (166), Negri Sembilan (157), Pahang (204), Perak (137), Perlis (15), Penang (198), Sabah (244), Sarawak (13), Terengganu (56) and Labuan (8) and Putrajaya (34).

Malaysia has reported about 2.8 million infections since the onset of the pandemic. – January 15, 2022.