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PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia recorded 1,290 new Covid-19 infections on Thursday (Nov 19), marking a return to four digits after just one day.
On Wednesday (November 18), the country reported 660 cases after experiencing four figures in its daily Covid-19 cases for five days in a row.
In a statement, Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah also said there were four new deaths from Covid-19, with two cases in Sabah and one in Johor and one in Perak.
The death toll in the country is now 326.
There are 878 patients who were discharged, which means that the total number of people who have recovered from Covid-19 in the country is 38,132.
Active cases in the country have risen to 13,222.
Altogether, Malaysia’s Covid-19 cases have reached 51,680.
Currently, 110 people are being treated in intensive care units, and 37 of them require respiratory assistance.
Dr. Noor Hisham said the two states with the highest number of cases are Sabah, with 660 new infections, and Selangor with 407.
Most of the cases in Sabah come from groups related to temporary detention centers, dungeons and prisons (250 cases).
Other states that registered new local cases of Covid-19 are Kuala Lumpur (72), Perak (48), Negri Sembilan (32), Kelantan (17), Johor (15), Labuan (15), Penang (eight), Sarawak (eight), Kedah (seven) and Melaka (one).
Pahang, Terengganu, Putrajaya and Perlis reported zero cases.
There are five imported cases.
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