KUALA LUMPUR— The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Malaysia decreased by 16.9 per cent to 15,549 cases in the 35th Epidemiological Week (ME 35/2022) from Aug 28 to Sept 3 compared to 18,715 in ME 34/2022.
Health Director-General Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said for the same period, 47 deaths were recorded, a decrease of 21.7 per cent compared to the previous week.
“The number of recovered cases in ME 35/2022 also dropped by 20.9 per cent, from 25,037 cases to 19,813 cases.
“The average number of active cases per day for ME 35/2022 was 31,333, which is a decrease of 13.4 per cent compared to the week before ,” he said in a statement Monday regarding the latest situation of COVID-19 infections in the country.
Dr Noor Hisham said occupancy of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds increased by one per cent in the same period.
In addition, he said the percentage of COVID-19 patients requiring respiratory assistance increased by 0.2 per cent compared to the previous week.
Source: NAM NEWS NETWORK