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PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia recorded another record of 869 new Covid-19 infections and four deaths on Saturday (October 17).
Health Director General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this brings the total death toll to 180 in Malaysia.
Sabah remains the state with the highest number of positive Covid-19 cases, with 51.9% of the total cases on Friday (October 16), said Dr. Noor Hisham.
The director general of Health said that Sabah registered 451 cases, followed by Penang (189), Selangor (159), Kedah (38), four in Perak and Sarawak, Terengganu (3), two in Johor and Putrajaya and one in each. . Negri Sembilan and Melaka.
“All the cases today are local broadcasts, involving 745 Malaysians and 124 foreigners,” he said, adding that four of them are returnees from Sabah.
The four deaths are all Malaysian, three men aged 53.78 and 88 years and a 71-year-old woman in Sabah.
A total of 302 patients recovered, bringing the total recoveries to 12,561 or a rate of 64%.
The total number of active cases in the country is now 6,886 cases.
Five new conglomerates have also been reported, three in the Klang Valley and one in Sabah and Terengganu.
So far, the total accumulated cases in the country since the outbreak began in January is 19,627.
There are 91 patients undergoing treatment in intensive care units and 30 of them require respiratory assistance.
More to come
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