Malaysia has recorded 10 new Covid-19 cases today, of which only seven were local transmissions between Malaysians, Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said.
Out of the 10 cases reported, none were imported cases while three local cases involved non-Malaysians, bringing the total number of active cases to 521.
He added that of the new cases, five were detected in Selangor – with four linked to a senior citizens’ cluster in Kuala Selangor – while one was detected during a screening at a tahfiz centre.
Another case was detected in Sarawak, involving a family member of a positive case, while one more close contact of a patient in Sabah also tested positive for the coronavirus.
Meanwhile, one of the three cases involving foreigners was detected at the Immigration Academy in Port Dickson, while another was linked to a cleaning contractors’ cluster.
The third case involving an Indonesian woman was detected during pre-surgery screening at a hospital in Sabah.
Today’s new infection figure means that Malaysia has recorded 8,515 overall cases of Covid-19 to date.
Dr Noor Hisham said there have also been 142 recoveries in the last 24 hours, with today’s recoveries giving Malaysia a total of 7,873 patients who have beaten Covid-19 or a recovery rate of 92.5 percent of all cases.
“Up to now, four Covid-19 positive cases are being treated in the ICU, with none of them required breathing assistance,” he said.
No new deaths were reported today, leaving the cumulative number of fatalities from the pandemic in the country at 121 cases or 1.42 per cent from all total cases.