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PETALING JAYA: Malaysia reported 375 new cases of Covid-19 with five deaths as of noon today, a slight drop from the previous two days, when the country recorded more than 600 daily cases.
This brings the national case count to 14,368 and the death toll to 146, Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said during a live broadcast from his home as he served his 14-day self-quarantine.
All cases of death among Malaysians reported in Sabah were between 53 and 82 years old.
Of the 375 new cases, 371 were through local broadcasts involving 342 Malaysians and 29 foreigners, while the remaining four were imported cases between foreigners who traveled from Belgium (two cases in Kuala Lumpur) and India (two cases in Sarawak). ).
Of the 371 local transmissions, 18 new cases are returned from Sabah. This brought the total number of cases among returnees to 301.
The cases reported today were from Sabah with 271, 36 from Selangor, 16 from Kedah, 10 from Kuala Lumpur, 10 from Labuan, six from Sarawak, five from Johor, Perak and Terengganu each, two from Negri Sembilan and Putrajaya and one from each of Malacca and Penang.
He said the country was already in the third wave and the virus was already spreading in the community.
“I urge everyone to stay home, but if you must go out avoid going to crowded places as the virus is now in the community. The reason the government had enforced the conditional movement control order (CMCO) in Klang and in some districts of Sabah is to encourage them not to be left out, ”he said.
Although the country reported a decline in daily cases, it forecast an increase in new cases within seven days.
The Ministry of Health also identified five new clusters today, bringing the total number of active clusters in the country to 14.
Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said that two groups in Sabah (Tujuh Serangkai and Tanamera groups), one group each in Kuala Lumpur, namely the Jalan Pantai group, in Sarawak called Bah Arnab group and in Labuan, which is the group Bah Bangat.
There were 18 recoveries, bringing the cumulative number of recoveries to 10,519.
Active cases in the country stood at 3,703 with 60 in the intensive care unit where 20 of them require respiratory assistance.
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