PUTRAJAYA: The public now has access to more granular data on Covid-19 thanks to the launch of the Health Ministry’s CovidNow website. For example, as at Sept 9, 83.5% of the 242,805 active cases were home quarantining, 10.5% were at PKRCs, 5.5% were in hospital, while 0.5% were in ICU and 0.3% on ventilator support. The focus on active Covid-19 cases moves away from new case numbers and state figures. “This is also in line with our aim to shape behavioural change,” he added. The CovidNow website was designed by several web developers who were also behind the @MYVaccineCount Twitter account.

Source: The Star September 11, 2021 23:48 UTC