Focus on serious cases instead of infection numbers, says virologist

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A virologist says there should be a focus on the Covid-19 positivity rate, ICU case load and the number of serious cases.GEORGE TOWN: A virologist has called for a switch away from daily Covid-19 case figures and to focus instead on the percentage of positive cases, the number of serious cases, ICU intakes and ICU capacity, and deaths.It is time for the people to assume that everyone was Covid-positive unless proven otherwise, given the rise of the more infectious Delta strain, said Monash University Malaysia lecturer Dr Vinod RMT Balasubramaniam.He said it is best to assume that the number of daily infections will be higher than what is reported, as testing rates have dropped from an average of 109,601 tests to 72,307 two weeks ago.However, the positive rate has been high, at an average of 9% every week, despite the drop in testing, he said. The positivity rate shows how many…