KUALA LUMPUR, 13 JULY: On Monday (July 12), Malaysia’s daily vaccination rate increased to 419,650 doses, the highest number since the government began its vaccination program in late February, up from 291,217 doses on Sunday.
262,250 doses were given to people who received their first vaccination, whereas 157,400 doses were given to people who received their second jab.
The total number of vaccine doses given out to date is at 11.78 million. As a result, 8.1 million people have received at least one dose, with 3.684 million receiving two doses, accounting for 11.26 percent of the country’s population. In the meantime, 4.41 million people have received their first vaccination.
For the first time in four days, daily cases fall below 9,000.
After three days of remaining above the 9,000 mark, new Covid-19 infections dropped to 8,574 on Monday. The dip came after a dramatic drop in infections in Kuala Lumpur, which dropped to 609 cases from 1,247 the day before, when Covid-19 infections nationally totaled 9,105.
New cases in Selangor, the worst-affected state, fell to 4,308 from 4,682 earlier. According to a statement from Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, Negeri Sembilan had 794 cases, Kedah had 415 cases, and Johor had 407 illnesses.
The new infections, which included 40 imported cases, were discovered after scanning 89,682 people across the country in the last 24 hours. Last Sunday, however, 97,498 people were checked, with 9,105 of them testing positive. Last Saturday, 105,937 people were tested, with 9,353 positive results.
However, actives have surpassed the 90,000 milestone.
On Monday, the number of active cases surpassed 90,000 for the first time, reaching 91,272 — the highest level since the coronavirus was discovered here in February last year — as daily infections continued to outweigh recoveries, which totaled 5,041. This brings the total number of recoveries to 747,338 so far, accounting for 88.5 percent of the 844,870 infections.
The number of patients in intensive care units reached a new high of 964, with 452 of them requiring ventilators to breathe.
Another 102 Covid-19-related deaths were also documented. The total number of deaths attributed to the coronavirus now stands at 6,260, up 19.15 percent in less than two weeks from 5,254 on July 1.
R0 is currently 1.15.
According to Dr Noor Hisham, Malaysia’s basic reproduction number (R-naught or R0) for Covid-19 infections nationally as of July 11 was 1.15.
The R0/Rt data estimates the average number of people infected by each new Covid-19 patient. The effective reproduction number is abbreviated as Rt. If the Rt value is less than 1.0, the infection is not spreading.
Putrajaya has the highest R0 (1.31), followed by Selangor (1.18), Kuala Lumpur (1.17), and Kedah (1.17). (1.17)./n
