Covid-19 Watch: 0.71% new cases in Categories 3 to 5, says Health DG


KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 231 cases or 0.71 per cent of the 32,467 new Covid-19 cases recorded in the country yesterday are in Categories 3, 4 and 5.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that the remaining 32,236 cases or 99.29 per cent are in categories one and two, hence bringing the cumulative total of cases in the country to 3,528,557.

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