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Covid-19 weekly round-up: Active cases decline, recovery rate exceeds 90 percent
This is a round-up of Covid-19 related matters in Malaysia and globally from Feb 27 up to noon today. In Malaysia, case numbers have exceeded 300,000 and globally, the virus has infected more than 116 million people and caused over 2.5 million deaths. More than 216 countries and territories are affected by the pandemic. 05 Mar 2021 / 12:55 H. Pix for illustration purposes.
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LUMPUR: Covid-19 transmissions have been under control over the week (Feb 27-March 4), with daily new cases falling below 2,500 and the recovery rate reaching 92 percent.
Over the 24-hour period up to noon yesterday, 2,063 new infections were recorded nationwide while 2,922 patients recovered. Earlier this week for three days in a row from March 1 to 3, daily new cases had dipped to below 2,000, that is, 1,828 (March 1), 1,555 (March 2) and 1,745 (March 3).