
Former prime minister Najib Razak noted that the infectivity rate, or R0, had hit 1.04 as of this morning.
He also said the number of daily new cases had breached the 6,000 mark once again, while yesterday’s positivity rate was a record high.
“Is the government aware that the three main indicators, namely the new cases, infectivity rate and positivity rate, are on an upward trend?” he asked in a Facebook post.
Given the current situation, he asked what the country’s chances of recording 4,000 cases for seven consecutive days to move on to Phase 2 of the national recovery plan were.
“MCO 2.0 (second movement control order) failed. MCO 3.0 failed. Will the total lockdown also fail? How many times do you want to fail?” he asked.
Meanwhile, former finance minister Lim Guan Eng said 100,885 Covid-19 tests were conducted on June 1, with 7,105 people testing positive, giving a positivity rate of 7.04%.
This, he said, was far beyond the World Health Organization’s recommendation of a 5% positivity rate.
“On June 29, there were 68,052 tests producing 6,437 positive cases, yielding a positivity rate of 9.46%.
“This positivity rate is alarming and the highest this year despite four weeks of total lockdown. The situation has simply become worse,” he said.
Lim said the latest number of cases and deaths showed that the Perikatan Nasional administration had acted “too slow and too late”, coupled with poor management of the pandemic.
“Since the whole-of-government effort to battle Covid-19 has failed, it is up to us citizens to undertake a whole-of-society effort together with the King and state Rulers to do the right thing to win against Covid-19.
“This would be the best tribute to remember the 5,108 deaths and many others who have suffered from Covid-19.”
The health ministry reported 6,437 Covid-19 cases yesterday, taking the total number of infections to 745,703.
A total of 107 deaths were also recorded, marking the highest number of fatalities since the 126 deaths on June 2 and 109 on June 5.
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