The number of Covid-19 cases reported during the 17th Epidemiological Week from April 23 to 29, increased by three percent from 4,817 cases in the previous week to 4,963 cases due to the festive season.

Health director-general Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan in a statement today said that based on data from the Health Ministry’s Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC), the number of admissions of Covid-19 patients to public health facilities also increased from 4.8 percent per 100,000 population during the previous week to 5.8 percent.

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