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PETALING JAYA: The Ministry of Health reported a new record of 4,029 Covid-19 cases and eight deaths in the last 24 hours.
This is the first time that the number of infections has exceeded the 4,000 mark. The previous record was 3,337 cases in one day.
Chief Health Officer Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 2,148 recoveries, bringing the total number of discharged to 117,375.
In a statement, Noor Hisham said the total number of infections now stands at 155,095.
There are 37,126 active cases with 206 patients in intensive care, of which 79 require ventilation.
Meanwhile, the eight deaths bring the toll to 594.
Of the new cases today, only eight were imported, while 4,021 were local infections.
The eight who died were six Malaysians and two foreigners; four deaths occurred in Sabah and one in Selangor, Perak, Pahang and Kuala Lumpur.
All but one of the dead had existing health problems, such as diabetes, cardiovascular disease and hypertension.
All state and federal territories in the country reported infections today.
Selangor recorded the highest number of cases with 1,466 cases, followed by Johor with 719 and Sabah with 449.
Triple-digit cases were also reported in Kuala Lumpur with 346 cases, Negeri Sembilan (214), Kedah (195), Kelantan (141) and Penang (120).
Terengganu reported 80 cases, followed by Sarawak (69), Pahang (65), Perak (54), Melaka (44), Putrajaya (35), Labuan (17) and Perlis (14).
There were 110 cases of conglomerates in immigration warehouses and prisons, the majority coming from the Jalan Harapan (40 cases), Tembok Nanas (39) and Tembok Gajah (15) conglomerates.
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