Malaysia today saw three new coronavirus cases – the lowest since a record low of two on June 10, said Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
In a statement, the director-general of health said the death toll remains at 121.
“Today’s new cases raised the total number of infected patients nationwide so far to 8,590, with 283 active cases,” he said.
All three new cases are locally-transmitted.
Of the three, two are foreigners and one is a Malaysian.
One case involved a foreigner from the Pedas cluster.
The remaining two are from the died-at-home (MDR) cluster in Sabah, involving one foreigner and one local.
“(These two cases) are family members of Case-8506,” he added.
Nine patients were discharged today, bringing the total number of patients discharged so far to 8,186, or 95.3% of total cases.
Three patients are in intensive care but none of them require respiratory support.
No deaths have been reported today.
