Slight dip amid rising cases of Covid-19


KUALA LUMPUR: After three consecutive days of breaking the 6,000-mark, new Covid-19 cases dropped to 5,809 yesterday, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

The Health director-general said 5,707 or 98.2% of the new cases were in Categories 1 and 2 (asymptomatic and light symptoms) while 102 or 1.8% were in Categories 3, 4 and 5 (having pneumonia, requiring oxygen supplementation and on ventilators).

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