Health DG: Covid-19 patient admissions to health facilities decreased by 15%

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PETALING JAYA: The number of Covid-19 patient admissions to health facilities such as hospitals and Covid-19 Quarantine and Treatment Centre (PKRC) per 100,000 population has decreased by 15%, says the Health Ministry.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there is a 15% decrease on epidemiological week 17 as compared to the previous week.

“The number of Category 1 and 2 patients has decreased by 33%, while there is no difference in the number of patients for Categories 3, 4 and 5. “The number of patients visiting the CAC had decreased by 37.1%; the number of new Covid-19 cases undergoing home monitoring had decreased by 34.7%; and the number of Covid-19 cases referred by CAC to PKRC or hospitals had decreased by 33.8%,” he said.

 

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