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PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia reported 1,600 new Covid-19 infections on Monday (December 7), bringing the country’s total confirmed cases to 74,294.
In a statement, Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah also said that two more people have died, bringing the death toll in Malaysia to 384.
The country also discharged 1,033 Covid-19 patients, meaning 62,306 people have recovered.
The number of people with active Covid-19 infections in Malaysia is now 11,604.
Three of Monday’s new cases are imported infections, while the rest are local transmissions.
Negri Sembilan posted the largest increase of the day of all states with 541 confirmed cases, followed by Selangor with 426, Sabah with 248 and Kuala Lumpur with 148.
The rest of the states with new cases are Johor (98 cases), Penang (55), Perak (54), Kedah (18), Labuan (five), Kelantan (three), Sarawak (two), Pahang (one) and Melaka (one).
Putrajaya, Perlis and Terengganu registered zero cases.
Dr. Noor Hisham said that the increase in Negri Sembilan cases is mainly attributed to the Bakti group, which reported 500 new infections.
“The cases linked to this group are isolated within an area of the prison,” said Dr. Noor Hisham.
Regarding the two death cases, Dr. Noor Hisham said that one of them involved a 76-year-old woman who died at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kota Kinabalu.
The victim suffered from high blood pressure and anemia.
The other death was a 59-year-old man at Semporna Hospital, who had a history of diabetes and high blood pressure.
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