KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 19 — The number of cases, fatalities, bed usage and use of intensive care units for Covid-19 patients reported daily continued to show a downward trend in the 41st epidemiological week , said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
“During that period, new Covid-19 cases showed a 17.9 per cent decrease, from 63,722 cases to 52,321 cases . New cases for Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Putrajaya and Kuala Lumpur, meanwhile, are beginning to show a horizontal trend. The total number of Covid-19 clusters also showed a decline for the same period, with 83 clusters reported, involving 37 or 44.6 per cent workplace clusters; 25 community clusters; 10 educational centre clusters; nine high-risk group clusters; one detention centre cluster; and one religious cluster.
According to him, only 115 cases or two per cent of the new cases were in categories three, four and five while the remaining 5,630 or 98 per cent were in categories one and two.
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