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PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia recorded 589 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday (Oct 15), a slight improvement over the previous days.
Tan Sri Health Director General Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said 409 were discharged in the last 24 hours.
INTERACTIVE: Latest figures (Malaysia)
This is the highest number of recoveries in a single day since the start of the outbreak in the country. The total number of recoveries is now 12,014.
Sabah continued to be the state with the most cases with 340 infections, followed by Selangor with 150 cases and Perak with 52.
There are three import cases, from Indonesia (two) and Ukraine (one), while the rest are local broadcasts.
Four new conglomerates were detected in Sabah, Perak and Labuan, with one conglomerate in Putrajaya and Negri Sembilan.
Active cases in the country have now risen to 5,419 cases.
The total number of cases in the country since the outbreak began in January is 18,129.
Currently, 103 people are being treated in intensive care units, and 31 of them require respiratory assistance.
Three deaths were reported, with the death toll from Covid-19 in the country now up to 170 cases.
The three deaths are in Sabah, one in Tawau, Kota Kinabalu and Sandakan.
The deceased are between 54 and 100 years old.
INTERACTIVE: Latest figures (worldwide)
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