[ad_1]
COVID-19 | The Ministry of Health reported 1,340 new cases of Covid-19 today.
More than half of the new cases today were from the Klang Valley.
Topping the table was Selangor with 441 cases followed by Kuala Lumpur with 284 cases.
Sabah, the previous epicenter of the third wave, recorded 196 cases.
The director general of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Noor Hisham, in a statement, also reported 1,067 recoveries today.
This puts the cumulative Covid-19 cases at 93,309 versus a cumulative recovery of 77,309.
Main indicators:
- Active cases: 15,563 ↑ (269 more than the previous day, new record)
- ICU patients: 116 ↑ (four more than the previous day)
- Intubated patients: 57 ↑ (one more than the previous day)
- Deaths: 4 ↑ (3 more than the previous day).
Today’s four deaths put the death toll at 437. Details of the latest deaths are as follows:
Patient 63,582 (Death 434): 63-year-old Malaysian man. He died at Sungai Buloh Hospital, Selangor. He had a history of diabetes, high blood pressure, heart disease, stroke, and obesity.
Patient 70,071 (Death 435): 67-year-old Malaysian man. He died in Penang Hospital. He had a history of high blood pressure.
Patient 72,925 (Death 436): 78-year-old Malaysian man. He died at Tawau Hospital. He had a history of high blood pressure and heart disease.
Patient 91,013 (Death 437): 77-year-old man who is not a citizen. Brought dead to Duchess of Kent Hospital, Sandakan. There are no details of pre-existing conditions.
A breakdown of the new cases today by state is as follows:
Selangor (441)
Existing clusters: 128
Close Contacts: 200
Imported: 1
Other screenings: 112
Kuala Lumpur (284)
Existing clusters: 66
New group: 140 (Metropolis construction works group)
Close Contacts: 36
Other screenings: 42
Sabah (196)
Existing clusters: 32
New Group: 18 (Estate Maju Group)
Close contacts: 87
Other screenings: 59
Negeri Sembilan (169)
Existing clusters: 166
Close Contacts: 3
Johor (156)
Existing clusters: 105
New group: 18 (Batu group 39)
Close Contacts: 21
Other screenings: 12
Penang (30)
Existing clusters: 19
Close Contacts: 5
Other screenings: 6
Labuan (27)
Existing clusters: 6
Close Contacts: 19
Other projections: 2
Pahang (12)
Close Contacts: 12
Silver (10)
Existing clusters: 6
Close Contacts: 2
Other projections: 2
Kedah (6)
Existing clusters: 5
Other projections: 1
Sarawak (3)
Imported: 2
Other projections: 1
Terengganu (2)
Close Contacts: 2
Putrajaya (2)
Close Contacts: 1
Other projections: 1
Malacca (1)
Other projections: 1
Kelantan (1)
Close Contacts: 1
Perlis was the only state that did not report any new Covid-19 cases today.
[More to follow]
