4,008 Covid-19 cases, 11 deaths

4,008 Covid-19 cases, 11 deaths

The health ministry reports 2,374 recoveries, bringing the total number of those discharged to 127,662.

PETALING JAYA:
The health ministry has reported 4,008 Covid-19 cases and 11 deaths in the past 24 hours, the second time the number has crossed the 4,000 cases mark.

Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 2,374 recoveries, bringing the total number of those discharged to 127,662.

In a statement, Noor Hisham said the total number of infections now stands at 169,379. There are 41,087 active cases with 246 patients being treated in intensive care and 96 requiring respiratory assistance.

Meanwhile, the 11 deaths bring the number of fatalities to 630.

The 11 deaths involved nine Malaysians – six men and three women – as well as two foreigners, both of whom were women.

Four of them were from Selangor, three each from Johor and Sabah, and one from Sarawak.

They were aged between 42 and 90. Nine of them had chronic illnesses.

Of the new cases reported today, 4,003 were local transmissions and five imported. Of the local transmissions, 2,802 were Malaysians and 1,201 were foreigners.

Selangor again recorded the highest number of cases with 1,391 infections, followed by Kuala Lumpur with 513 and Johor with 470.

A total of 406 cases were reported in Sabah, followed by Sarawak (206), Negeri Sembilan (176), Perak (170), Kedah (142), Melaka (132), Penang (124), Kelantan (121), Terengganu (81), Pahang (52), Putrajaya (23), Perlis (3), and one in Labuan.

About 113 of the new infections were detected at clusters linked to lock-ups, detention centres and prisons.

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