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KUALA LUMPUR: The number of patients who had recovered from Covid-19 in Malaysia during the last 24 hours was recorded at 1,345, higher than the number of new positive cases of 972, according to Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah.
It said this brought the cumulative number of recovery cases to 29,579, while the number of active cases stood at 11,308.
Dr Noor Hisham said that of the total of 972 new cases, 967 were local transmissions and five were imported cases.
For local broadcasts, Sabah continues to have the highest number with 370, followed by Negeri Sembilan (260), Selangor (137), Labuan (63), Kuala Lumpur (20), Perak (51) and Penang (34).
“Kedah and Johor recorded eight new cases each, while Melaka and Putrajaya each had five cases, Sarawak recorded four cases, and Kelantan two cases,” he said at a press conference on Malaysia’s Covid-19 updates at the Ministry. Health, here today.
Meanwhile, he said there were five import cases involving two Malaysians and three foreigners arriving from the Philippines (two cases in Kuala Lumpur); Singapore (two cases in Johor) and Nepal (one case in Selangor).
Dr Noor Hisham said eight deaths were recorded due to Covid-19, bringing the death toll to 294.
Of the eight, five were local men, one local woman, and two foreign women, most with a history of chronic illnesses, such as heart ailments, strokes, hypothyroidism and hypertension.
So far, 86 patients are receiving treatment in the intensive care unit and 31 require ventilators, he added. – Called
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