KUALA LUMPUR (July 26): The bulk of the latest Covid-19 infections reported today were detected among people who have not been vaccinated, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
These people made up 92% of today's 14,516 cases, he said in a statement today. The unvaccinated also made up 97.9% of the 95 people who became severely ill from the coronavirus, he said. These are placed under Category 5 that indicates critical patients with multiple organ complications who require assisted ventilation.
"Hence, get vaccinated immediately so that you and your family are protected from the dangers of Covid-19 infections," he said.
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According to Dr Noor Hisham, the unvaccinated in each of the other four categories of patients were: 95.6% of the 7,216 cases under Category 1 (no symptoms); 87.6% of cases 7,045 cases under Category 2 (mild symptoms); 67.5% of the 83 cases under Category 3 (patients with pneumonia) and 85.7% of the 77 cases under Category 4 (pneumonia requiring oxygen therapy).
As of Sunday, 11.8 million individuals in the country had received at least their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, including 5.52 million individuals who had completed their two-dose regime. This means 16.87% of the country's population are now fully inoculated.
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