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PUTRAJAYA: Covid-19 cases in Malaysia returned to four figures as the Ministry of Health confirmed 1,075 new infections in the country on Thursday (December 3).
In a statement, Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said that 508 or 47.3% of the country’s cases were in the Klang Valley.
INTERACTIVE: Latest figures (Malaysia)
Selangor is the state with the highest number of new cases with 459, followed by Sabah with 310 and Johor with 78.
Only 48 cases or 4.5% were linked to groups of infection that involved prisons and detention centers.
Dr. Noor Hisham said 948 Covid-19 patients were discharged on Thursday, bringing the total recoveries in the country to 57,917.
Altogether, Malaysia’s Covid-19 cases have reached 69,095, while active cases have risen to 10,802.
Dr. Noor Hisham also announced 11 new deaths from Covid-19, bringing the country’s death toll to 376.
INTERACTIVE: Latest figures (worldwide)
The cases were reported in Selangor (five deaths), Sabah (two), Johor (two), Negri Sembilan (one) and Kelantan (one) involving seven women and four men, aged between 50 and 81 years.
Currently, 116 people are being treated in intensive care units, and 46 of them require respiratory assistance.
COVID19 Latest Status, Dec 3, 2020
Case cured = 948
Total cases cured = 57,917 cases
New positive cases = 1,075 cases
(import case = 3 local cases = 1072)
Positive number = 69,095 cases
Case of death = 11
Total deaths = 376 cases
Cases treated in ICU = 116 cases
Respiratory assistance = 46 cases pic.twitter.com/7L6akzsEZI
– KKMalaysia (@KKMPutrajaya) December 3, 2020
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