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PUTRAJAYA (THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Usage of intensive care units for Covid-19 cases at Malaysia's hospitals rose on Tuesday (Sept 7) to 84 per cent, health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah said on Wednesday. The nationwide usage rate was at 68 per cent the previous day. According to data tweeted by the health chief on Wednesday, hospitals in seven of Malaysia's 13 states reported that more than 90 per cent of their ICU beds were being utilised for Covid-19 patients. The northern state of Kedah was operating at overcapacity, recording 122 per cent usage of its 104 ICU beds. Other...
