Covid-19: Drop in new cases and deaths last week, says Health DG


KUALA LUMPUR: The number of new Covid-19 cases in the 39th epidemiological week from Sept 25 to Oct 1 dropped 5.2% to 12,291 from 12,963 cases the week of Sept 18-24, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic).

He said 12,260 cases were local infections while 31 or 6.9% were imported cases, a slight increase from 29 the previous week.

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