Malaysia today reported 19 new Covid-19 cases involving 11 citizens.
This brings the national tally of infections to 8,322.
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said six of the 11 cases were detected in Selangor (two as a result of screening at the Dengkil rehabilitation centre, two from screenings at Islamic religious schools or madrasah tahfiz, one detainee at the Sabak Bernam police station, one as a result of screenings at a factory in Pulau Indah)
Two of the 11 new cases recorded today were from Kuala Lumpur, one belonging to the Cheras apartment cluster and the other from the new Gombak cluster through screenings of close contacts to Covid-19 patients 7,064 and 7,246.
The rest are one factory worker detected during screenings in Seremban, Negri Sembilan, and two in Sabah detected through screenings as close contacts or family members to Covid-19 patients 3,641 and 4,537, he said.
There were 13 locally transmitted cases and six imported cases. Eleven of the 13 local cases involved Malaysians while two were foreigners.
One of the foreigners is a Bangladesh national detected through screenings, while the other is also a Bangladesh national detected through screenings of the Kuala Lumpur Construction Site 2 cluster.
Meanwhile, 39 people have recovered and been discharged from hospitals as of noon today.
This brings the total number of recoveries to 6,674 or 80.2 percent.
Active cases stand at 1,531, while five patients are being treated in intensive care units. None require breathing support.
No fatalities were reported, keeping the death toll at 117.
