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KUALA LUMPUR (THE STAR / ASIA NEWS NETWORK) – Malaysia on Saturday (December 26) recorded the highest number of new coronavirus cases since the start of the pandemic, with 2,335 infections.
The capital city, Kuala Lumpur, accounted for the largest share of new infections with 728 cases (31.2%), followed by Selangor and Johor with 710 and 412 cases, respectively.
The Ministry of Health also revealed 11 new Covid-19 clusters across the country, bringing the total number of active clusters to 215.
Of these active groups, 59 contributed to Saturday’s cases, The Malay Mail reported.
Of the total new cases, only 11 were imported, while the rest were local broadcasts, Health Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a statement. More than 300 of them came from jails and immigration warehouses that involved nine groups.
There were two deaths on Saturday. The first is a 44-year-old woman from Sabah with a history of obesity and dyspepsia (indigestion), while the other is a 70-year-old man from Melaka with a history of diabetes, high blood pressure, and benign prostatic hypertrophy. .
The country’s total number of confirmed cases is now 103,900 with 451 deaths.
Dr. Tan Sri, Noor Hisham, said that there are currently 108 Covid-19 patients in intensive care, with 50 requiring respiratory support.
So far, a total of 83,414 people have recovered from the disease, according to Dr. Noor Hisham.
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