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PETALING JAYA: The number of new daily Covid-19 infections dropped further to 31 as of noon today.
This is less than the 47 new cases the day before.
Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said this brought the national count to 9,946 cases.
According to Noor Hisham, 28 of the new cases were infections from local transmission.
Nineteen of them are Malaysians and nine are foreigners, he said.
Of the three imported cases, two were reported in Sabah and one, an Indonesian, was in Kuala Lumpur when he tested positive for Covid-19.
Of the local transmission cases, 23 were reported in Sabah, four in Negri Sembilan and one in the Sungai group in Kedah.
Noor Hisham said the four new cases that were detected in Bunga’s group in Negri Sembilan were among the 59 people who were examined today.
A second round of inspection was also carried out on 22 crew members still aboard a ship docked at Port Dickson.
Of the 18 people tested today in Perlis, one tested positive. There were no new cases in Penang.
The death toll remains at 128.
Seven patients were discharged from the hospital, bringing the number of recoveries to 9,203.
Active cases now number 615 with 11 patients in intensive care, five on ventilation.
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