THE Health Ministry reported 218 Covid-19 hospital admissions yesterday.

Of these admissions, 107 cases, or 56%, were in the mild categories of 1 and 2 while the rest were in categories 3, 4 and 5.

Health Director-General Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said category 1 and 2 patients would be admitted if they were deemed high-risk and in need of observation.

Patients in category 1 are asymptomatic, category 2 have mild symptoms, category 3 have pneumonia-like symptoms, category 4 have serious symptoms requiring respiratory support and category 5 have severe symptoms requiring intensive care.

Selangor logged the highest number of new admissions, at 65, followed by Perak (22) and Kuala Lumpur (19).

Of the 748 Covid-19 intensive care beds available, 12% are occupied. Fifty-seven patients require respiratory support.

No public hospital exceeded ICU bed capacity of 50% yesterday.

Hospitals discharged 240 patients yesterday. – April 24, 2022.