1,638 new cases, three deaths recorded on Saturday (updated)



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KUALA LUMPURA total of 1,638 new Covid-19 cases, with three deaths, were recorded in the last 24 hours, said Tan Sri Director General of Health Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah

He said that 1,449 recovered cases were also registered, bringing the cumulative number of recovered cases of Covid-19 in the country to 333,892, while the total number of deaths stood at 1,286 and the number of active cases with infectivity is 14,432. .

“Of the total new cases today, 1,631 are local transmissions while the other seven are imported cases,” he said through his official Twitter account.

He said 167 cases were being treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and 81 people needed respiratory assistance.

Dr Noor Hisham also said that Perak had the highest daily number of new cases with 494, followed by Selangor (352 cases) and Sarawak with 290 cases.

Meanwhile, seven new clusters were detected, of which four are community clusters, namely the Kampung Binyu cluster in Sarawak; Jalan Merdeka Cluster in Johor; Simpang Tiga Merotai Cluster in Sabah and Jalan Kenanga Cluster in Melaka.

Three groups of workplaces are the Jalan Bandar Sembilan group in Negeri Sembilan; Teknologi Peramu Jaya Group in Pahang and Sentral Jalan Kubota Group in Sabah.

Dr Noor Hisham said that 1,038 groups were declared to have finished so far, including 13 groups that finished today. – Named



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