Covid-19 Watch: 47 adolescents under 18 died since pandemic began


PUTRAJAYA: A total of 47 adolescents aged under 18 have died to Covid-19, translating to a case fatality rate of 0.01%, says the Health Ministry.

These deaths were out of 322,694 positive cases involving adolescents from the start of the pandemic to August 30 this year, the Health Ministry figures revealed.

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