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Covid-19 tests down 10.9%, positivity rate up 0.3% last week

According to Health Ministry data, the positivity rate between June 13 and 19 was 6.93% with 38,911 positive Covid-19 cases reported. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, June 21, 2021.

THE total number of Covid-19 tests conducted last week dipped by 10.9% to 561,156 compared with the previous week while the positivity rate rose by 0.3%, according to the Health Ministry’s weekly epidemiological report. The positivity rate between June 13 and 19 was 6.93% with 38,911 positive cases reported. An average of 80,165 tests were conducted per day that week.

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they should do more testing with each passing day. but what happens? why bull talk about our testing capabilities if we only plan to utilise parts of the capabilities? it's like boasting of having a Ferrari then drive at 20km/h. ain't tht a kind of stupidity?

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