Malaysia’s infectivity rate at 1.15

The country’s Covid-19 infectivity rate (Rt) stood at 1.15 as of July 11, with Putrajaya recording the highest Rt value at 1.31.

Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a statement today said that other states with Rts above 1.0 were Selangor (1.18), Kuala Lumpur and Kedah (1.17), Pahang (1.14) as well as Sabah, Melaka and Terengganu (1.08), Perak (1.07), Penang (1.05), and Negeri Sembilan and Johor (1.02).

The Rt value refers to the level of infectivity of Covid-19, that is, the number of cases which can be infected by one positive case.