Covid-19: Only 2.3% of 6,145 new cases in category three, four and five, says Health DG


PETALING JAYA: Out of the 6,145 new Covid-19 cases recorded on Sunday (Oct 17), 6,133 were locally transmitted while 12 were imported cases, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

"A total of 142 cases (2.3%) were in category three, four and five, while 6,003 cases (97.7%) consisted of those in category one and two," the Health director-general said in a statement Sunday (Oct 17).

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