Covid-19: Cases decrease but ICU admissions remain high, says Health DG


PUTRAJAYA: Although daily Covid-19 figures have shown a decreasing trend after Malaysia implemented a lockdown, the number of cases in intensive care units (ICU) have shown no improvement.

In his daily Covid-19 statement, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the number of ICU admissions started increasing from the 17th epidemiology week (April 25 to May 1).

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