A health worker takes a nasal sample from a person for a PCR test for the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19. -- AFP FilePic
A health worker takes a nasal sample from a person for a PCR test for the novel coronavirus disease COVID-19. -- AFP FilePic

KUALA LUMPUR: As of yesterday, Kuala Lumpur recorded the highest Covid-19 infectivity rate (Rt) in the country at 1.13.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a Facebook post, said six other states also recorded an Rt value above 1.00.

Negri Sembilan is now at 1.06, Kedah (1.04), Johor (1.03), Melaka (1.02), Sabah (1.01) and Selangor (1.00).

The national Rt value, he said, stood at 1.00.

Other states registered an Rt value below the national average, namely Pahang with 0.98, Penang (0.96), Perak and Kelantan (0.95), Putrajaya (0.92) and Terengganu with 0.76.

The Rt value or the infectivity rate of the virus refers to the ability of a positive case to pass on the infection to others.