Malaysia experiencing ‘small’ XBB wave
Malaysia is currently experiencing a small wave of increased Covid-19 cases following the discovery of the Omicron XBB sub-variant in the country, says Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin.
He said that based on daily data, the number of new Covid-19 cases had increased by 16.5% from 14,525 cases in Epidemiological Week (EW) 42 to 16,917 cases in EW 43 (Oct 23 to 29).
Khairy said the number of admissions of Covid-19 patients to health facilities (public hospitals) per 100,00 population also showed an increase of 14.3% in EW 43 compared with EW 42.
