Selangor Journal
A medical worker looks on at the Covid-19 testing centre at the Kuala Lumpur Hospital, on February 16, 2021. — Picture by REUTERS

3,361 new Covid-19 cases yesterday — Health DG

KUALA LUMPUR, April 27 — A total of 3,361 new Covid-19 cases were recorded yesterday, with 3,331 cases or 99.11 per cent in categories one and two.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the remaining 30 cases or 0.89 per cent were in categories three, four and five, whereby 14 cases involved those who had not received the Covid-19 vaccination and not completed the vaccination.

Ten of the cases were those who have received both doses of the vaccine, but not the booster dose, while six cases have received the booster dose, he said in a statement today.

He said there were 16 cases involving those aged 60 and above, 17 cases who are comorbids and one case of pregnant woman.

The additional new cases yesterday, bring the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases in the country to 4,436,912, with a total of 4,339,521 recovery cases, including 9,484 cases yesterday.

On the number of cases admitted to the hospital yesterday, he said, there were 87 involving categories one and two and 93 cases involving those in categories three, four and five.

— Bernama

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