Sunday, 30 May 2021 10:41 PM MYT
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Covid-19 screening tests rose sharply by 30.2 per cent, with a daily average of 63,925 Real-Time Reverse Transcription-Polymerase Chain Reaction and Rapid Test Kit Antigen tests conducted before May 14 compared to 91,608 tests for the period of May 23 to 29.
Dr Noor Hisham said that another measure the ministry would take was to increase the number of beds in Covid-19 hospitals and Covid-19 hybrid hospitals through the identification of spaces in hospitals that could be repurposed as intensive care units and the preparation of medical equipment and other materials needed.
Dr Noor Hisham also shared the total bed capacity at various types of medical facilities, and the percentage currently in use. Covid-19 quarantine and treatment centres have a total capacity of 27,183 beds, out of which 65 per cent is in use currently, while there are 10,190 beds at Covid-19 hospitals, with 85 per cent being in use.
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