Over the past week, an average of 7.9 people were reported to have died of COVID-19, while the average for the past 30 days was 7.4, indicating that Covid-19 deaths are on the uptrend.

"In the past, (medicine supply) was slow due to raw materials arriving late, sudden high demand and the Movement Control Order."

A total of 53 are in ICU with 35 in need of respiratory assistance. ICU utilisation throughout the country stands at 61.7%, with Covid ICU utilisation at 12.9%.

Five fatalities were reported yesterday, of which two were declared dead on arrival (DOA), taking the death toll in the country to 35,816.

Cases referred to Covid-19 Assessment Centres (CAC) saw a mammoth 27.8 per cent surge while home quarantine observations jumped by 12.6 per cent.

He said cases being monitored by Covid-19 Assessment Centre (CAC) nationwide were also rising.

It can occur regardless of the level of Covid-19 infection, where the prevalence rate in the country for individuals with Long Covid symptoms after recovery from categories four and five is 65.1 per cent, of which 61.2 per cent have more than two Long Covid symptoms, he said.

Pemberian BSB akan diusahakan secepat mungkin dan disalurkan selewat-lewatnya akhir bulan Februari 2022.

He said the measures were crucial as the implementation of numerous development projects in the state had resulted in “urban heat island” in the state and a reduction in the rate of rainwater absorption into the ground.

There are currrently 376 Covid-19 patients, or 3.8% of active cases, seeking treatment in hospitals nationwide while 14 individuals, or 0.2%, were admitted to intensive care units (ICU) nationwide.

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