KUALA LUMPUR: Admissions of Covid-19 patients to health facilities per 100,000 population dropped 27.1 per cent in the second epidemiological week 2023 (ME 2/2023) from Jan 8 to 14 compared to the previous week, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said admissions of categories one and two patients to public hospitals per 100,000 population last week also declined by 36.4 per cent from ME 1/2023, while categories three, four and five admissions dropped by 41.7 per cent.
He said there was also a decline in the number of cases monitored by Covid-19 Assessment Centres nationwide and cases referred by CAC to hospitals. The cumulative figure for Covid-19 fatalities was 36,908 cases, and the total clusters were 7,167 with five active clusters, he added. The number of local cases dropped by 22.3 per cent from 3,213 cases to 2,497 cases, while imported cases rose by 55.6 per cent from 18 cases to 28 cases.
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