PUTRAJAYA, 4 Dec 2022:
Malaysia’s Covid-19 new daily case reports again dipped below the 2,000 mark as the latest 24 hours under review saw 1,866 persons recording positive tests – with six imported cases – to raise the nation’s tally to 4,998,830 infections.
Worryingly, most of the new infections are among those who had already received boosted vaccinations (1,284) or fully vaccinated (389). Unvaccinated persons numbered 181, with 12 partially vaccinated.
Selangor (634) reported the highest number of new cases, followed by Kuala Lumpur (186), Sarawak (176), Melaka (129), Sabah (126) and Penang (103), while double digits were charted in Perak (94), Kedah (80), Negeri Sembilan (74), Putrajaya (63), Pahang (61), Kelantan (48), Johor (33), Labuan (23), Terengganu (23) and Perlis (13).
The 2,814 discharges outpaced new cases as total recoveries rose to 4,939,021 (98.8%) while active cases fell 954 to 23,099 – with 21,422 (92.7%) in home quarantine, 1,575 (6.8%) hospitalised and none at Low-Risk Covid-19 Quarantine and Treatment Centres (PKRC).
Numbers at intensive care units rose to 102 Covid-19 patients, with 69 needing breathing aids.
The grim statistic of lives lost to Covid-19 added six fatalities to raise the death toll to 36,710 – with another brought-in-dead case raising this subtotal to 7,814 casualties. The deaths involved a boosted person, two fully vaccinated and three unvaccinated.