Health DG: Total of 172 Covid-19 VOC cases reported from Dec 25, 2021 to Sunday (Jan 2)

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 172 Covid-19 variant of concern (VOC) cases were reported for the period Dec 25, 2021 to Jan 2, 2022, of which 170 were of the Delta variant and two were Omicron variant cases, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

"This brings the cumulative cases infected with the SARS-CoV-2 virus categorised as VOC and variant of interest (VOI) to 5,480 cases," he said.