Covid-19: 98% of new cases in categories 1 and 2, says Health DG


KUALA LUMPUR (Bernama): A total of 19,606 cases or 98.1% of the 19,991 new Covid-19 cases reported today were of categories 1 and 2 involving asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic patients respectively.

Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a statement today said 385 cases or 1.9% of the total number of new daily cases of Covid-19 were patients from categories 3, 4 and 5.

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