KUALA LUMPUR: All states except Perlis recorded new positive Covid-19 cases today bringing the total number of new cases to 375, including the emergence of five new clusters, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
Dr Noor Hisham said of the total, 371 were local transmissions and the other four were imported cases, with the highest number recorded in Sabah at 271 cases.
“Of the 371 cases of local transmission, 342 cases involved Malaysians and another 29 cases were foreigners while all imported cases involved foreigners travelling from India (two cases) and Belgium (two cases),” he said in his daily press conference regarding the Covid-19 situation via Facebook today.
This brings the total number of positive cases to 14,368 with the total number of active Covid-19 cases with infectivity at 3,703, he said.
Meanwhile, there are 18 recovered cases reported, bringing the cumulative number of fully recovered cases to 10,519 or 73.21 percent of the total number of cases.
Dr Noor Hisham said that there were five deaths related to Covid-19 reported in Sabah, involving locals, bringing the total number of fatalities to 146, or 1.02 percent of the total cases.
“The 142nd death involved a 55-year-old man with diabetes, high blood pressure and dyslipidemia; the 143rd death involving a 75-year-old woman who had high blood pressure; the 144th death was a 57-year-old man with diabetes and high blood pressure; the 145th death was an 82-year-old man while the 146th death was a 53-year-old man who also had diabetes,” he said.
He said that thus far, there were 60 positive cases being treated at the intensive care unit (ICU), with 20 cases requiring respiratory assistance.
Detailing the local transmission cases in the country today, in states apart from Sabah, Selangor has 36 cases; Kedah (16); Kuala Lumpur (10); Labuan (10); Sarawak (six); five cases each in Terengganu, Johor and Perak; two each in Putrajaya and Negeri Sembilan; while Melaka, Pahang and Penang have one case each. − Bernama
