Covid-19: 835 new cases, death toll now 238 with two new deaths (updated)



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PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia recorded 835 new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday (Oct 27), and Sabah showed a reduction in its daily total with 517 cases.

A day earlier, Sabah registered 927 cases, while the country registered a record daily increase of 1,240 cases.

The country also reported two new deaths from Covid-19, bringing the death toll to 238.

Malaysia also discharged 674 patients, meaning the total number of recoveries is 18,499.

Active cases in the country have risen to 9,903.

In total, Malaysia has recorded 28,640 Covid-19 cases since January.

Currently 89 people are being treated in intensive care units, and 32 of them require respiratory assistance.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said the slight improvement in daily numbers in Sabah is no reason for the ministry to rest on its laurels.

“Although there is a reduction in cases today, the Ministry of Health is still actively carrying out its detection and detection activities for Covid-19 cases in Sabah. This is because there are still 44 active conglomerates in the state, and an increase in daily cases can occur at any time, ”said Dr. Noor Hisham.

In the Klang Valley, there are 138 cases or 16.5% of Tuesday’s total, with Selangor registering 125 cases, Kuala Lumpur with nine and Putrajaya with one.

Negri Sembilan is seeing an increase in cases with 155 new infections.

Other states with new cases are Labuan (74 cases), Sarawak (16), Penang (13), Johor (eight), Kedah (four) and Terengganu (four).

There are five new import cases involving two arrivals from India and one from Indonesia, Thailand and Bulgaria.

On the two new death cases, Dr. Noor Hisham said that the two victims, an 82-year-old man and a 53-year-old woman, died at Tawau Hospital.



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