241 new hospital admissions, ICUs at 13% capacity
Posted On April 20, 2022
Of this, 144 cases were in category 1 and 2 while 97 were in categories 3, 4 and 5.
Selangor had the highest number of new admissions with 52, followed by Johor (34) and Perak (30).
Meanwhile, 286 patients were discharged yesterday.
In a statement, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Covid-19 intensive care units (ICUs) were at 13% of their total capacity of 760 beds.
A total of 64 patients required respiratory assistance, with ventilators being used at 8% of maximum capacity.
In terms of public hospitals’ total capacity (Covid-19 and non-Covid-19 patients), non-critical beds were at 61% while 51% of ICUs were in use.
Five clusters were reported yesterday.
Malaysia’s Covid-19 infectivity rate (R-nought or R0) stood at 0.86.