MALAYSIA has recorded a 15.5% drop in the number of new Covid-19 cases for the epidemiological week 22 (EW 22), from May 29 to June 4, to 11,052 cases compared with 13,076 cases reported in the previous week (EW 21).

Health Director-General Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the latest development brought the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases in the country to 4,513,631.

“The average daily active cases for the EW 22 is 23,290 cases, an 8.2% drop compared to the previous week.

“The average infection rate (Rt value) also showed a 2.2% drop at 0.91, compared with 0.93 reported in the previous week,” he said in a statement today.

He said the number of recovered cases in EW 22 also dropped by 13.4%, from 15,925 cases to 13,797 cases in EW21, bringing the cumulative recoveries to 4,455,499.

Noor Hisham said the number of deaths in EW 22 showed a 36.8%  increase at 26 cases, compared with only 19 cases reported in the previous week, taking the cumulative deaths due to Covid-19 to 35,686.

Meanwhile, he said admission of Covid-19 patients into health facilities, namely public hospitals and Covid-19 quarantine and treatment centres per 100,000 population, increased by 11% in EW 22 compared with EW 21.

“Nevertheless, there was no change to Covid-19 patient admission into public hospitals per 100,000 population for all categories. The number of cases requiring breathing aids has decreased by 17 per cent.

“On the overall, non-critical bed occupancy has decreased by 8% and bed occupancy at quarantine centres remained unchanged while the use of intensive care unit beds dropped by 14%,” he said.

Noor Hisham said Covid-19 positive cases monitored by the Covid-19 Assessment Centre (CAC) nationwide also dropped with patients visiting the CAC down by 11.6% and the number of new Covid-19 cases undergoing home monitoring fell by 17.8%.

However, the number of Covid-19 cases referred by CAC to PKRC or hospitals has increased by 2.5%, he said. – Bernama, June 6, 2022.