Covid-19: 972 new cases, eight deaths (updated)



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PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia recorded 972 new Covid-19 infections on Monday (Nov 9), and Sabah reported 370 cases, the Health Ministry says.

Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said the country also reported eight new deaths from Covid-19, bringing the country’s death toll to 294.

There are 1,345 patients who were discharged, which means that the total number of people who have recovered from Covid-19 in the country is 29,579.

This is the highest number of recoveries in one day since the pandemic began in January.

Active cases in the country have dropped to 11,308.

In total, Malaysia has registered 41,181 cases of Covid-19.

In a press conference, Dr. Noor Hisham said that Negri Sembilan is the state with the second highest number of cases with 360 new infections.

Of that total, 247 of the new cases are from existing conglomerates in the state.

Klang Valley states recorded 165 cases or 17% of Monday’s total, in which Selangor has 137 cases, Kuala Lumpur has 20 and Putrajaya has five.

There are 14 cases or 1.4% of the total that are related to prisons and temporary detention centers, which include the PTS Tawau group (six cases), the Sandakan Prison group (four) and the Kepayan group (four).

On Monday, there are also five import cases, while the rest are local broadcasts.

The cases involve two arrivals from the Philippines, two from Singapore and one from Nepal.

Other states that registered new cases of Covid-19 are Labuan (63 cases), Perak (51), Penang (34), Kedah (eight), Johor (eight), Melaka (five), Sarawak (four) and Kelantan (two ). .

No cases were reported in Pahang, Terengganu and Perlis.

Currently 86 people are being treated in intensive care units, and 31 of them require respiratory assistance.

Of the eight new deaths, Dr. Noor Hisham said that seven cases were in Sabah while one was in Labuan.

One of the cases is a one-year-old boy who died at Duchess of Kent Hospital in Sandakan.

The child has a history of Down syndrome and congenital heart disease.

More to come



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