The number of admissions of Covid-19 patients to public hospitals per 100,000 population in the ninth Epidemiological Week 2023 (ME 9/2023) compared to ME 8/2023 increased by 33 percent for categories one to five, said Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

He said the number of Covid-19 recovery cases between ME 8/2023 and ME 9/2023 (Feb 26 to March 4) increased by 5.2 percent (1,367 to 1,438 cases)...