KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 12): The number of new cases of Covid-19 in Malaysia continues to show a decrease, with 1,483 cases reported on Sunday (Sept 11), compared to 1,971 on Saturday (Sept 10).

The same situation was also seen last week, the 36th Epidemiological Week (ME 36/2022) from Sept 4 to 10,  with the number of Covid-19 infections recorded at 14,072 cases, compared to 15,530 cases the previous week.

Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the number of deaths during ME 36/2022 decreased by 27.7% from 47 cases in ME 35/2022 to 34 cases, while for recovered cases, there was a 12.8% drop (from 19,813 cases to 17,286 cases)

"The daily average of active cases for that period was 27,503, which is a decrease of 12.2% compared to the previous week," he said in a statement regarding the latest situation on Covid-19 infections on Monday (Sept 12).

Meanwhile, admission of Covid-19 patients to health facilities (public hospitals, and Covid-19 Quarantine and Treatment Centres or PKRC) per 100,000 residents for patient of categories 1 and 2 increased by 3.4%, while category 3, 4 and 5 patients decreased by 3.7%.

Dr Noor Hisham said Intensive Care Unit (ICU) bed occupancy decreased by 1%, while the percentage of Covid-19 patients requiring ventilators decreased by 0.2% during ME 36/2022, compared with the previous week.

He said positive cases of Covid-19 monitored by the Covid-19 Assessment Centres (CAC) across the country also showed a decrease.

"The number of patient arrivals to CAC decreased by 15.8%, new cases undergoing monitoring at home dropped by 11.0%, while the number of cases referred by CAC to hospitals went down by 1.9%," he said.

He added that the results of Covid-19 surveillance at sentinel locations across the country found that 124 samples of Influenza Like Illness (ILI) tested positive for Covid-19.