‘Sabah Covid-19 beds 99.5 pct full’ claim based on wrong calculation

Sabah Local Government and Housing Minister Masidi Manjun said his statement last week that beds allocated for Covid-19 patients are nearly full is incorrect due to a mistake in calculating the figure.

He said only 3,796 beds (52.5 percent) allocated for Covid-19 patients are currently being used, out of 7,237 beds that are available. The figure includes both hospitals and Low-Risk Quarantine and Treatment Centres (PKRC)...