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KUALA LUMPUR (Nov 3): The number of daily Covid-19 cases rose slightly to 5,291 on Wednesday (Nov 3), from 5,071 cases on Tuesday (Nov 2).
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this brings the cumulative figure of new cases to 2,486,630.
Of the total new cases, he said 5,216 cases or 98.6% were in categories one and two, while the remaining cases were in categories three, four and five.
“Seven out of the 5,291 new cases were imported cases and the rest were local transmissions. A total of 545 cases are being treated in the intensive care unit, of which 286 cases require respiratory support,” he said in a statement on Wednesday.
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He said a total of 4,947 recovered cases were also reported on Wednesday, bringing the cumulative recoveries to 2,390,379.
Dr Noor Hisham added that said seven new clusters were detected on Wednesday, namely two each in Johor and Sabah and one each in Perak, Pahang and Kuala Lumpur.
Meanwhile, the Covid-19 infectivity rate (Rt) for the whole country on Tuesday (Nov 2) was 0.95, with Putrajaya and Perlis recording the highest Rt at 1.0, while Labuan is the only area with zero Rt.
The latest information on the current Covid-19 situation in the country will be uploaded onto the COVIDNOW portal at https://covidnow.moh.gov.my with data being updated at 12 midnight daily.
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