PETALING JAYA: The Covid-19 situation in the country is getting worse with 108 units of ventilators required to treat Covid-19 patients in the Klang Valley alone.
The number is part of the 176 Covid-19 patients on ventilator support across the country on Saturday (May 1).
This is 15 more people requiring ventilator support from the 161 people on Friday (April 30).
Nationwide, the number of patients in intensive care units (ICU) is now 337, said Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in his daily Covid-19 update Saturday (May 1).
There are seven hospitals dedicated to the treatment of Covid-19 in the Klang Valley encompassing Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya.
Friday, 09 Apr 2021 02:02 PM MYT
Health workers collect swab samples to test for Covid-19 at Dewan Kebajikan Gombak Setia February 20, 2021. Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 9 With 348 Covid-19 clusters still active and reporting new cases, Malaysia continues to grapple with four-digit new infections every day.
It is obvious from the Ministry of Health’s daily Coronavirus Disease 2019 Situation Report that the two main types of clusters triggering new cases are those linked to the workplace and community.
The hotbeds for the transmission of the deadly coronavirus are, in fact, workplaces such as factories, construction sites, construction companies, business centres, education centres and public administrative centres.