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Nation's Covid-19 infectivity rate at 0.94 yesterday

KUALA LUMPUR: The nation's infectivity rate or R-naught (Rt) has been on the rise the past four days touching 0.94 yesterday (June 15).

It had gradually inched slightly higher from June 12 at 0.90; 0.91 on June 13 and 0.92 on June 14 according to data shared by Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah on his official Facebook page last night.

It also showed that the Rt has been hovering in the range of 0.9 for 10 days since June 6. It has come down from the Rt of over 1 recorded from May 15 until June 5.

Despite the lowest number of Covid-19 positive cases logged this month so far on June 14 with 4,949, the Rt stood at 0.92 and rose to 0.94 when 5,429 infections were detected yesterday.

Dr Noor Hisham's data showed that four states recorded an Rt of over 1 with Labuan at the highest with 1.05 followed by Sabah with 1.04, Negri Sembilan with 1.03 and Sarawak with 1.01.

The Rt in Selangor was at 0.96; 0.86 in Penang; 0.97 in Johor; 0.76 in Kelantan; 0.89 in Melaka; 0.99 in Kuala Lumpur; 0.85 in Putrajaya and Kedah; 0.82 in Pahang; 0.84 in Perak; and 0.80 in Terengganu.

Rt refers to the infectivity rate of a virus and the ability for a patient who tested positive for the virus to transmit it to other people.

The lower the Rt value, the lower the probability of an infected person spreading the virus to others.

For example, if the Rt value is 1.5, it means a positive case would be able to infect one or two other persons.

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