57.3pct increase in Covid cases

A total of 3,626 Covid-19 cases were reported during the 47th epidemiology week (ME 47/2023) from Nov 19 to 25, an increase of 57.3 percent compared to the 2,305 cases recorded from the previous week.

Health director-general Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan said 48 ​​percent of the cases involved those between the ages of 20 and 40, with more than 98 percent of them only having mild symptoms.

He said the weekly Covid-19 cases exceeded...