A total of 26,616 new Covid-19 cases were recorded in the 44th Epidemiological Week (ME 44/2022) from Oct 30 to Nov 5, an increase of 57.3 percent over the 16,917 cases in the previous week, said Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

He said local Covid-19 cases rose by 57.4 percent to 26,577 cases from 16,890 cases in ME43.

“Imported cases...