The Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) has issued a media statement regarding the emergence of the Omicron variant – media statement as follows:
The Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH) has previously informed that the emergence of the Omicron variant will lead to an increase in daily cases of COVID-19 in the country. Starting Sunday, February 6th, 2022, Malaysia will again record several positive cases exceeding 10,000 thousand cases.
- On 6 Feb 2022, Malaysia reported 10,089 new COVID cases- 19, making the total number of 2,914,220 COVID-19 cases since the onset of this pandemic. The last time our country reported 5 figure cases was on October 2, 2021, which was four months ago.
- There was a significant increase in new cases daily in February this year. A total of 5,566 new COVID-19 cases were reported as of Feb. 1; 5,736 cases as of 2 Feb 2022; 5,720 cases as of Feb. 3; 7,234 cases as of Feb. 4; 9,117 cases on Feb 5 and 10,089 cases on Feb 6.
- Today, the number of COVID-19 positive cases reported is as much as 11,034 cases.
- This increase is not unexpected. This situation is caused by the transmission of Omicron variants that are more easily spread. Increased cases are also witnessed in other countries around the world.
- The total number of cases in Epid Week 4 (23 - 29 Jan 2022) was 31,980 cases;
- while in Epid Week 5 (30 Jan - 5 Feb 2022) there were 43,062 cases - an increase of 34.7%.
To read the full translated Ministry of Health media statement, please contact [email protected]
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