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UPDATED 6.20PM | COVID-19 | The Ministry of Health reported 822 new cases of Covid-19 and two deaths during the 24-hour period that ended at noon today.
Leading indicators in brief:
- Active cases = 11,446 ↑ (51 more than the previous day)
- Patients in intensive care = 86 ↑ (4 more than the previous day)
- Intubated patients = 30 ↑ (3 more than the previous day)
Both deaths were reported in Sabah and involved foreigners. The cumulative number of deaths in Sabah attributed to Covid-19 stood at 164, or 54.3 percent of the national death toll (302).
Sabah reported the highest number of new Covid-19 cases (31.5 percent), followed by the Negeri Sembilan (27.4 percent) and Klang Valley (24.6 percent) regions.
Chief Health Officer Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, in his daily press conference today, noted that the number of new cases from Sabah was trending down.
“Our concern now is on the Malaysian peninsula,” he said.
Sabah’s new number of cases (258) had been steadily declining since 1,199 new cases were reported just six days ago.
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