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PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia recorded 2,188 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday (November 24), beating the daily record of 1,882 set on Monday (November 23).
There were also four new deaths from Covid-19, bringing the country’s death toll to 341.
Another 1,673 patients were discharged, which means that 44,153 have recovered from Covid-19 in the country.
Active cases have risen to 14,353.
Altogether, Malaysia’s Covid-19 cases have reached 58,847.
Currently, 112 people are being treated in intensive care units, and 49 of them require respiratory assistance.
In a statement, Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said that the majority of the country’s cases came from the Teratai group, which reported 1,511 new infections.
The Teratai cluster is linked to workers from several Top Glove factories in Selangor.
“As in the case of infrared, several medical and public health assistance teams have mobilized to the affected areas to carry out prevention and control activities, including a large-scale Covid-19 detection process,” said Dr. Noor Hisham.
In total, Selangor has 1,623 new cases of Covid-19 on Tuesday.
Sabah, for its part, has continued to show a reduction in its daily cases, registering 232 new infections.
Other states that registered new local cases of Covid-19 are Perak (112 cases), Kuala Lumpur (90), Negri Sembilan (73), Johor (19), Penang (15), Kedah (14), Kelantan (six), Melaka (two), Labuan (one) and Sarawak (one).
Pahang, Terengganu, Putrajaya and Perlis have no new cases.
All cases were local broadcasts, as there were no new import cases.
Of the four new deaths, Dr. Noor Hisham said that three cases were in Sabah, while one was in Penang.
The death in Penang involved an 84-year-old man, who has a history of high blood pressure and chronic lung disease.
The other cases involved a 41-year-old woman and a 74-year-old man who were treated at Lahad Datu Hospital, as well as a 45-year-old non-Malaysian man at Tawau Hospital.
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