14 new cases of Covid-19 detected today



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PETALING JAYA: The Ministry of Health reported today 14 new positive cases of Covid-19 in the country, bringing the total number of active cases to 163.

Chief Health Officer Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah (pix) said that of 14 cases, 10 were local broadcasts and four were imported cases.

The 10 local cases consisted of six Malaysians and four foreigners, while the imported cases involved two Malaysians and two foreigners.

“There were four cases in Kedah, with three cases from the Tawar group and one from the Telaga group, as well as two in Sabah involving Benteng’s LD group. The four cases of local transmission involving foreigners are from the Benteng LD cluster in Sabah.

“For the four imported cases, three were from Singapore and one from the Philippines,” he said today.

Four patients recovered today, bringing the total number of recoveries to 9,083 cases or 96.9% of total cases.

Today no deaths were reported, which keeps the balance at 128.

As of today, only four Covid-19 patients were still being treated in the intensive care unit and three of them required respiratory support.



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