Covid-19: Country's test positivity rate of 4.65% is within WHO benchmark, says Health DG

By JOSEPH KAOS Jr

Nation
Tuesday, 12 Oct 2021
7:18 PM MYT

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia’s Covid-19 test positivity rate is 4.65%, within the World Health Organisation (WHO) threshold of 5% for adequate testing.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the 7,276 Covid-19 cases recorded on Tuesday was out of 156,567 tests conducted.

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