KUALA LUMPUR, July 26 -- Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has stressed the importance of Covid-19 vaccination, when pointing out that those vaccinated only accounted for a small percentage of new patients.

In a Facebook post yesterday, he went over the day's new infections of 14,516 cases, the bulk of which were Categories One and Two for asymptomatic & light symptoms, respectively.

"Of the 95 cases in Category Five who are critical and require a ventilator, 97.9 per cent do not have a vaccination history. For the 77 cases in Category Four who require oxygen assistance, 85.7 per cent similarly have no vaccination history.

"For the 83 cases in Category Three with pneumonia, 67.5 per cent do not have a vaccination ...