Wednesday, 17 Mar 2021 09:56 AM MYTA healthcare worker collects swab samples to test for Covid-19 at Dewan Desa Temuan in Kota Damansara January 29, 2021. — Picture by Ahmad ZamzahuriKUALA LUMPUR, March 17 — Malaysia’s Covid-19 infectivity rate that had been declining steadily saw a slight uptick yesterday, based on infographics provided by Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham who shared the data on his Twitter account this morning, said Penang recorded the second highest Rt value at 1.08, followed by Sarawak at 1.01. Sabah, which had been the epicentre of Malaysia’s Covid-19 third wave when it began last October, had an Rt value of 0.83.The Rt values for Perlis and Putrajaya were not given as both recorded zero Covid-19 cases yesterday.
The Rt measures the average number of vulnerable people that each new Covid-19 patient will infect at a specific point in time, and must be below 1.0 in order for the spread of the disease to be suppressed.
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