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COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 852 new cases of Covid-19 today, breaking the previous five-day streak in which daily new infections were above the 1,000 mark.
This brings the cumulative cases to 40,209, crossing the 40,000 mark for the first time. Meanwhile, accumulated recoveries stand at 28,234.
Main indicators in brief:
Active cases = 11,689 ↑ (23 more than the previous day)
Patients in intensive care = 94 ↑ (Seven more than since yesterday)
Intubated patients = 32 (no change)
Deaths = 4 ↑ (One more than yesterday)
Recoveries = 825 ↓ (204 less than yesterday)
The Director General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah, said in a statement that 61.5 percent of the new cases were from Sabah, while 19.9 percent were from the Klang Valley.
Of the 852 new cases today, 13 were imported.
Eight Malaysians and five non-citizens returning from Indonesia (3), Saudi Arabia (3), Nepal (2), Morocco (1), United Arab Emirates (1), United Kingdom (1), Turkey (1) and Korea participated of the South (1).
A breakdown of currently locally transmitted infections is as follows:
Sabah (524)
Existing clusters: 89
Close contact projections: 338
Other screenings: 97
Selangor (136)
Existing clusters: 43
New cluster: 1 (professional cluster)
Close contact projections: 44
Screening for serious acute respiratory infections (SARI): 1
Other screenings: 46
Negeri Sembilan (104)
Existing cluster: 86
New cluster: 7 (professional cluster)
Close Contact Assessments: 8
SARI test: 1
Other projections: 2
Labuan (23)
Existing clusters: 2
Close Contact Assessments: 1
Other screenings: 20
Penang (18)
Existing clusters: 17
Close Contact Assessments: 1
KL (11)
Existing cluster: 1
Close Contact Assessments: 6
Other screenings: 4
Silver (7)
Existing clusters: 7
Malacca (5)
New cluster: 3 (Cluster Soaking)
Close Contact Assessments: 2
Kedah (3)
Existing clusters: 2
Other projections: 1
Kelantan (2)
Other projections: 2
Sarawak (2)
Other projections: 2
Putrajaya (2)
Existing clusters: 2
Johor (1)
Sabah returnee assessment: 1
Terengganu (1)
Existing clusters: 1
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