KUALA LUMPUR, April 20 — A total of 10,619 COVID-19 recovered cases were recorded in the country yesterday (April 19), bringing the cumulative number of recoveries to 4,274,746, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said the number of new cases had dropped to 6,069 compared with 7,140 recorded the previous day, bringing the cumulative figure for positive COVID-19 cases thus far to 4,402,234.
“Of the 6,069 new cases reported yesterday, 5,959 were local transmissions involving 96.4 per cent Malaysians and 3.6 per cent foreigners, while 110 were imported cases comprising 66.4 per cent Malaysians and 33.6 per cent foreigners,” he said in a statement today.
Dr Noor Hisham said a total of 241 COVID-19 cases were admitted to hospitals comprising 97 cases (40.2 per cent) in categories three, four and five while 144 cases (59.8 per cent) were in categories one and two.
He said no state recorded over 50 per cent of bed occupancy at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), and COVID-19 patients in need of a ventilator dropped to 64 with the percentage of ventilator use being eight per cent.
Five new clusters were identified bringing the total number of active clusters to 109, while the COVID-19 infectivity rate or Rt value recorded nationwide was 0.86 with Negeri Sembilan recording the highest Rt value of 0.90, he said.
