KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 — The Ministry of Health (MOH) announced today an increase in admittance into public health facilities due to Covid-19, as the country’s infectivity rate (Rt) sharply rose during the Aidilfitri celebrations.

According to Health Director-General Tan Sri Datuk Noor Hisham Abdullah, authorities saw a 38 per cent increase in admissions to hospitals and low-risk quarantine and treatment centres (PKRC) per 10,000 population in the week of Aidilfitri.

In comparison, the week before had seen a decline of 27 per cent.

Admissions into public hospitals have also doubled, he said.

The same statement also noted an increase of Covid-19 patients reporting to Covid-19 Assessment Centres (CAC) that week by 87.4 per cent, with the number of new cases under surveillance at home spiked by 153.4 per cent.

This comes as the Rt spiked by 70.2 per cent from 0.57 to 0.97 that same week.

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