MALAYSIA’S Covid-19 infection rate (Rt) was at 1.06 yesterday, a 0.02 decrease from the 1.08 Rt reported on Saturday. 

Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin in his tweet said although the country’s daily Rt had dropped steadily to 1.05, it is too early to say that Malaysia has gone past the Omicron variant peak even as 96% of active cases are recovering at home and hospital capacity is still under control. 

“If the trend continues, full border opening and more relaxed domestic measures will follow,” he said.

Meanwhile, on his social media updates, Health Director-General Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Perak reported the highest Rt value at 1.32, followed by Labuan (1.27), Sarawak (1.24) and Terengganu (1.22).

Malaysia reported 24,466 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, with only 105 cases in categories 3, 4 and 5, while 24,361 cases were of categories 1 and 2. – Bernama, February 28, 2022.