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.

"Berhadapan dengan ketidaktentuan politik semasa serta kesan melarat pandemik Covid-19 tumpuan kita tidak boleh sama sekali terganggu daripada ikhtiar untuk membela nasib rakyat."

Bekalan air di wilayah Petaling, Klang/Shah Alam, Gombak, Kuala Lumpur, Hulu Selangor, Kuala Langat dan Kuala Selangor telah stabil sepenuhnya.

Akmal Nasrullah berkata, pihaknya berharap dengan adanya garis panduan itu, aspek berkaitan keselamatan, keselesaan dan pemuliharaan alam semula jadi diberi perhatian dalam perancangan dan pembangunan tapak perkhemahan supaya tragedi Batang Kali dapat dielak pada masa depan.

"Meanwhile, the additional train services for Labour Day will involve 16 services, from April 28 to May 1, with a total of 5,040 tickets," said the KTMB statement, tonight.

The company behind the Selangor Maritime Gateway (SMG) initiative to revitalise Sungai Klang said the bazaar will be situated at Taman Awam Pangkalan Batu in Klang and is part of the effort further foster environmental awareness among the public.