Selangor, which recorded the third highest Covid-19 case incidence rate today, reported 7.35 cases per 100,000 population, followed by Putrajaya (6.43), Kelantan (5.41), and Penang (5.16).Ĭases per population enables comparison across communities as it measures the number of Covid-19 cases per unit of population. Meanwhile, Sarawak’s Covid-19 incidence rate is the highest nationwide (21.46 per 100,000 population), which is nearly triple Kuala Lumpur’s incidence rate at 7.5 cases per 100,000 population that is second highest in the country.
Sarawak, Selangor, and Kuala Lumpur are still under the Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) while Sabah is under the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO). This could be due to lack of access to testing, leading to people entering the health care system late with poorer outcomes. MOH stopped identifying Covid-19 deaths with their infection case numbers since April 9, which means the date of admission for these cases is unknown, making it impossible to know how long they were in hospital before they died.ĬodeBlue previously reported that the average number of days from hospital admission to death (excluding brought-in-dead cases) fell last January to 7.21 days from an average of 9.17 days in 2020. Five victims were brought in dead, four in Sabah and one in Terengganu. MOH reported 12 Covid-19 deaths nationwide today, the highest in almost two months since February 25 that recorded 12 fatalities. Today’s 24-hour increase was the highest in four days since April 9 that reported 1,854 infections.Īfter Sarawak, Selangor reported 483 cases, the second highest, followed by Kuala Lumpur (133 cases), and Sabah (117 cases). The Ministry of Health (MOH) reported 1,767 new Covid-19 cases today nationwide, bringing the cumulative cases to 363,940. More than 95 percent of people over the age of 16 are fully vaccinated in Australia, where few people now wear a mask or take measures to socially distance.Īs restrictions are gradually dismantled in a country that previously shut its international borders for nearly 20 months to exclude the virus, Australia this week dropped all vaccine certificate requirements for foreign visitors.KUALA LUMPUR, April 13 - Sarawak reported 607 coronavirus cases today, a 24-hour record high, and the highest Covid-19 incidence rate in Malaysia at about 22 infections per 100,000 population. “This is placing real pressure on our health and hospital systems,“ Health Minister Mark Butler told a news conference as he announced the decision.
It followed a recommendation by the top immunisation advisory body, which said it recognised younger people might want a winter booster dose, even though its impact for them “is uncertain but likely to be limited”.Īustralia had previously recommended a fourth Covid shot only to people over 65 as well as to vulnerable groups, including those with weakened immune systems.Īs new, more infectious Omicron variants BA.4 and BA.5 race through the population, the number of Australian hospital patients with Covid has jumped by more than 1,000 in a month to about 3,900, with 140 people now in intensive care. The government said it is recommending a fourth jab for over 50s - but also offering it to everyone over 30 despite benefits to the younger age group being unclear. SYDNEY: Australia will offer a fourth Covid-19 vaccine to everyone over 30, health authorities said Thursday, as hospitals bulge with patients in a winter wave of infections.