KUALA LUMPUR: Only 183 patients out of the 32,800 Covid-19 cases reported on March 11 were under categories 3, 4 and 5 (severe symptoms).
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said of this figure, 103 patients (56.28 per cent) involved those aged 60 and above and 80 patients (43.72 per cent) were people who have been fully vaccinated but yet to receive their booster shots.
The remaining cases, he said were 73 patients (39.89 per cent) with comorbidities, 68 patients (37.16 per cent) who have received their booster shots, 35 cases (18.12 per cent) involved the unvaccinated and not fully immunised, and two (1.09 per cent) were pregnant mothers.
Malaysia recorded 32,800 Covid-19 cases on March 11, raising the total number of infections to 3,774,786.
In a statement today, Dr Noor Hisham said of the fresh cases, 541 were imported (503 Malaysians and 38 foreigners), while the remaining 32,259 were local transmissions (31,232 Malaysians and 1,027 foreigners).
"From the new infections reported, 12,726 (38.8 per cent) were in category 1; 19,981 (60.64 per cent) in category 2; 70 (0.21 per cent) in category 3; 78 (0.24 per cent) in category 4; and 35 (0.11) in category 5."
Dr Noor Hisham said a total of 380 patients were admitted to intensive care units (ICU) and 231 required ventilator support.
He also said 24,444 more Covid-19 patients have recovered and were discharged on March 11.
Malaysia, he said registered four new clusters on March 11, which brings the number of active clusters to 405.
He said Malaysia's Rt value was at 1.03 as of March 11.
"Sarawak registered the highest Rt at 1.34 followed by Kuala Lumpur (1.16), Terengganu (1.13), Perak (1.07), Negri Sembilan (1.07), Selangor (1.05), Putrajaya (1.05), Pahang (1.04), Kedah (1.03), Melaka (1.03), Penang (1.03), Perlis (1.00), Johor (0.99), Kelantan (0.97), Labuan (0.82), and Sabah (0.72)."
According to the Health Ministry's data shared on CovidNow, 96.2 per cent of active Covid-19 cases in the country were observing home quarantine.
One percent was being treated at Covid-19 quarantine and treatment centres (PKRC), hospitalised (2.7 per cent) and the remaining 0.1 per cent were admitted to ICUs.
Meanwhile, Dr Noor Hisham said the occupancy rate at Intensive Care Units (ICU) in seven states was over 50 per cent on March 11.
He said Kelantan had the highest ICU occupancy rate at 75 per cent, followed by Johor (68 per cent), Putrajaya (67 per cent), Kuala Lumpur (58 per cent), Selangor (57 per cent), Penang (51 per cent) and Melaka (50 per cent).
Only one Covid-19 PKRC, located in Melaka, he said reported more than 50 per cent occupancy at 54 per cent.
Dr Noor Hisham said Covid-19 patients in need of ventilator support increased to 231 patients (26 per cent ventilator use).
He explained that there were differences between the data of Covid-19 hospitalisations and Categories 1 to 5 cases logged daily.
This, he said was due to the dynamic clinical condition of the patient, where their situation could worsen or improve over time.
"At the same time, high-risk cases of Covid-19 from Categories 1 and 2 were admitted to PKRCs and hospitals as precautionary measures.
"On March 11, Covid-19 patients admitted to hospitals stood at 2,135 with 833 from Categories 3 to 5 (39 per cent), while the remaining 1,302 were in Categories 1 and 2 (61 per cent)."
