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KUALA LUMPUR: New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia today remained in four digits with 1,600 infections, bringing the cumulative number of positive cases to 74,294, said Tan Sri Director General of Health Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said the latest cases brought the number of active cases to 11,604, while 1,033 recoveries were reported today, bringing the number of cases recovered so far to 62,306.
Dr Noor Hisham said 1,597 of the new cases were local transmissions and the rest were imported cases.
“Negeri Sembilan reported the highest daily figure with 541 cases (33.8%), followed by Selangor with 426 cases (26.6%) and Sabah 248 cases (15.5%).
“The rebound in Negeri Sembilan was due to the increase in cases in the Bakti Cluster to 500 cases (92.4%) of the total in the state, with isolated cases in a prison area,” he said in a statement on Covid-19 today .
Dr. Noor Hisham said that 584 or 36.5% of the cases reported today were linked to groups in temporary detention centers (PTS) and prisons, involving the Bakti Group (500 cases), the Tembok Group (49) , PTS Sibuga Group (17), Seberang Perai Prison Group (eight), Matambai Group (seven), Jalan Harapan Prison Group (two) and GK Tawau Group (one).
He said two deaths were recorded today, bringing the death toll to 384, or 0.52% of the total number of positive cases.
Both deaths were reported in Sabah, involving a 76-year-old woman with a history of high blood pressure and anemia, and a 59-year-old man suffering from diabetes and high blood pressure.
“A total of 129 positive cases are still being treated in the intensive care unit, and 57 require respiratory assistance,” he said. – Called
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