Covid-19: Health DG says 99.27% of new cases in Categories One and Two


KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 22,326 cases, or 99.27%, of the 22,491 new Covid-19 infections reported on Wednesday (March 23) involved Categories One and Two, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

The Health director-general said only 165 cases, or 0.73%, reported on Wednesday were in Categories Three, Four and Five.

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