Covid-19: N Sembilan, Klang Valley and Labuan see double-digit positive rate

The regions of Negeri Sembilan, Klang Valley and Labuan had double digits positivity rate for Covid-19 tests during the week of June 13 to 19.

The new Covid-19 case count for Negeri Sembilan increased sharply over the past week, which Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun attributed to the ramping up of tests by employers.

Labuan is currently grappling with a Delta variant outbreak, which is stretching health resources to the limit.

At the national level, the positivity rate was 6.93 percent, which was 0.3 percent higher than the previous week.

The World Health Organisation has recommended that governments keep the positivity rate below five percent to ensure adequate testing.

The positivity rate was released by the National Institutes of Health and Health Ministry's weekly Covid-19 situation report.

Notably, the number of Covid-19 tests done during this period (week 24, June 13-19) was down 10.9 percent compared to the previous week.

Other salient points from the report:

• New cases in a week (38,911) - ↓ 6.5 percent
• Active cases on June 19 (68,462) - ↓ 16 percent
• Deaths in a week (504) - ↓ 8.9 percent
• Average daily ventilator use (450) - ↓ 0.9 percent
• Average public ICU beds occupancy (85 percent) - ↓ 2 percent
• Average public ICU beds occupied (1,516)
• Average daily ICU cases (910) - ↑ 0.6 percent
• Covid-19 hospital beds occupied (7,913) - ↑ 5 percent
• Workplace clusters (97) - 67.7 percent of 142 new clusters
• National Covid-19 Community Transmission level - 4 (Very high incidence)
• At least one dose of Covid-19 vaccines - 12.5 percent of population
• Fully vaccinated - 4.86 percent of population