KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia appears to have overcome the worst of the Covid-19 Omicron surge with the number of hospital, intensive care unit (ICU) and quarantine centre admissions showing an overall decline nationwide.
Daily infections also dipped below 6,000 cases yesterday, the first time it has done so since early February.
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said as of Thursday, the bed usage for Covid-19 critical or ICU cases, non-ICU cases and low-risk quarantine centres (PKRC) were under 50 per cent nationwide.
He said Covid-19 patients requiring ventilator support have also dropped to 61, making up only eight per cent of the total cases.
Covid-19 infections, powered by the more virulent Omicron strain, reached its peak last month with more than 31,490 daily infections reported on March 8.
However, this has since plunged to 5,899 new infections yesterday.
Selangor alone accounted for 3,579 cases.