Fifth consecutive day the country has recorded more than 100 cases in a single day.
The Health Ministry today announced 110 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the tally to 900.
Its minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said Malaysia’s Covid-19 cases were now at a plateau, with no exponential increase.
“This is a good indication to our control methods. This has to do also with public awareness, good self-care, and compliance to all directives,” he told a press conference today.
There were 117 new cases reported yesterday, 120 cases on Tuesday, 125 cases on Monday and 190 new cases on Sunday.
He said from the 110 new cases, 63 were related to the tabligh gathering at Sri Petaling mosque.
The remaining 47 cases, Dr Adham added, were from smaller cluster cases in the second wave of the outbreak.
“We also would like to announce that 15 cases have been cured and discharged, bringing the total number of cured cases to 75.
“To date, 20 Covid-19 positive cases are being treated at the intensive care unit and required ventilators to aid with breathing.”
Yesterday, the Health Ministry said 15 people were placed on ventilators.
To date, Selangor recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases at 223, followed by Kuala Lumpur (123), Sabah (112), and Johor (101).
Negri Sembilan has recorded 56 cases, Sarawak (51), Kelantan (44), Kedah (40), Perak (35), and Pahang and Johor with 32 cases each.
Meanwhile, Perlis has nine cases followed by Putrajaya (six) and Labuan (five).
The majority of Covid-19 cases recorded in the country have been from the tabligh cluster.
As of today, 576 people who attended the tabligh have tested positive for the virus.
About 16,000 people had attended the three-day event on February 27, of which 14,500 were locals.
While more than 10,000 of those who attended the event screened, the authorities are still trying to identify another 4,000 attendees.
Of the 10,000 screened, about 5,000 were asked to give samples and out of this, about one in 10 was positive for the virus.
‘We urge the participants who haven’t come forward to be screened to be checked by the Health Ministry,” Health Ministry director-general Datuk Seri Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a Facebook post on Thursday (March 19).
Reuters reports that authorities are looking for 2,000 Rohingya men who attended the tabligh event.
Meanwhile, Dr Adham also confirmed that a passenger travelling in a bus from Johor Baru to Kuantan was Covid-19 positive.
“We have taken measures to identify all passengers in that bus.
“We are in the process of screening them. We will also advise the National Security Council to impose certain regulations for busses to ferry passengers, including social distancing and the use of personal protection equipment,” he said.
It was reported that a male passenger on board a bus that departed from Larkin Sentral at 7.45pm Monday (March 16) tested positive for Covid-19.
The bus, with the licence plate VDJ 2367, had stopped at the Endau bus station in Mersing before arriving at Terminal Sentral Kuantan.
Asked about reports that Kelantan mufti Datuk Mohamad Shukri Mohamad had been admitted to the hospital for suspected Covid-19, Dr Adham said he is waiting for the official report.
It was reported that Shukri was hospitalised with a fever and sore throat after returning from Sarawak recently.
Malaysia recorded its first two Covid-19 deaths on Tuesday.