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.

Selangor Islamic Religious Council (Mais) secretary Dr Ahmad Shahir Makhtar said the letter of appointment was handed to Mazlan, a former deputy inspector-general of police, by MAIS chairman Tan Sri Abdul Aziz Mohd Yusof, today.

It said all nine districts across Selangor were at risk of flooding but the determination was made based on the areas that experienced floods.

“Most importantly we must ensure the school environment is safe,“ he said.