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COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 629 new cases of Covid-19 at noon today, when Sabah increased its capacity to process test samples.
Main indicators in brief:
- Active cases = 6,329 ↑ (eleventh day in a row a new record set)
- Patients in intensive care = 103 (unchanged)
- Intubated patients = 31 (unchanged)
- Deaths = 6 ↑
Of the six new deaths attributed to Covid-19, five deaths were reported in Sabah and one in Selangor.
From the case numbers, it would appear that four died shortly after being classified as confirmed Covid-19 cases.
The six victims, all with a history of other illnesses, are as follows:
- Patient ’11, 628 ‘, Malaysian male, 66 years old, passed away at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Kota Kinabalu, Sabah.
- Patient ’15, 853 ‘, Malaysian male, 72, passed away at Duchess of Kent Hospital, Sandakan, Sabah.
- Patient ’18, 616 ‘, Malaysian woman, 74 years old, passed away at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Sabah.
- Patient ’18, 617 ‘, Malaysian male, 67, passed away at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Sabah.
- Patient ’18, 618 ‘, Malaysian male, 39, passed away at Semporna Hospital, Sabah
- Patient ’18, 676 ‘, foreign male, 52, deceased at Universiti Malaya Medical Center, Petaling Jaya, Selangor.
The total number of deaths attributed to Covid-19 in the country at noon today was 176. Between September 18 and noon today, Sabah has counted 43 of those deaths.
Sabah continued to report the largest number of new cases (498) followed by Selangor (fifty new cases) and Penang (33 new cases), said Chief Health Officer Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah.
RMAF contributing
Noor Hisham said the large number of new cases from Sabah had to do with the ministry’s increased capacity to process samples of the Covid-19 tests obtained from the territory.
He said that Sabah processed 3,296 samples yesterday, while another 5,340 samples from the territory were processed in Peninsular Malaysia thanks to transportation arrangements made by the Royal Malaysian Air Force.
Of the 629 new cases reported today, only two involved cases that were not transmitted locally. Of the 627 new cases transmitted locally, 577 cases involved Malaysian citizens and 50 cases involved non-citizens.
There were 16 new cases that were attributed to recent travel from Sabah. The total number of cases involving recent trips to Sabah was 437.
The Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya territories in the Klang Valley contributed 9.5 percent to the total number of new cases, a massive 27 percent drop from yesterday.
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