PETALING JAYA: A total of 2,892 or 99.1% of the 3,010 new Covid-19 cases detected on Sunday (Jan 16) were in Category One and Two, says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
christmas, there were 1.4 million people testing positive. as of recent figures, that has gone up to nearly 2.3 million people. that is a massive rise. we know it is a massive rise. we know it is a massive rise. we have seen that in the case figures, but this is the most precise estimate that we have because it doesn t get knocked around by when people decide to get tested and secondly because it includes reinfection, anybody who tests positive at all and we know with 0micron, it is more likely to re infect people, that is a significant part of it. this is the estimation just before christmas. and how does that figure compare with previous peaks that we have seen? , i, , , seen? there is no comparison. this is radically seen? there is no comparison. this is radically different. seen? there is no comparison. this is radically different. the seen? there is no comparison. this is radically different. the peak- is radically different. the peak backin is radically different. the peak
at the last 24 hours. the committee figure for the last seven days, there have been 810 deaths lets talk to the bbc s head of statistics, robert carr. interesting to hear from statistics, robert carr. interesting to hearfrom doctor clark statistics, robert carr. interesting to hear from doctor clark learned about these figures and how they are rising quite significantly in the last week. what do you see particular from the ons today? the ons particular from the ons today? iie: ons figures particular from the ons today? tie: ons figures tell particular from the ons today? ti2 ons figures tell a story that we have been hearing about cases for some days, but really help us to understand just how spreadable omicron is. you read out case numbers there, they are at levels we haven t seen before. they do not include the reinfections. those case
let s bring you some breaking news now. we have the latest case figures for the uk. 119,789 people have tested positive for one of the variants of covid 19, yesterday it was 106,000, which was a record number of infections, according to government data, since the pandemic began, although we don t know whether the new record today consist mostly of omicron cases or other variants, and that will tell us how much hospitalisation there is going to be, which is the concern, although the latest research is that on the grant will give you milder symptoms and that should mean if you are cases that need to be hospitalised the latest research is that