KUALA LUMPUR: The number of Covid-19 cases reported during the 17th epidemiological week (ME17) of April 23-29 increased by 3% from 4,817 cases the previous week to 4,963.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan said in a statement on Friday that based on the data from the Health Ministry's Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre , the number of Covid-19 admissions to public health facilities also increased from 4.8% per 100,000 population during the previous week to 5.8%.
He said most patients admitted to the hospital were from the high-risk group such as individuals with comorbidities and the elderly, but this did not burden health services and hospitals were operating as usual.
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