The number of patients who had recovered from Covid-19 in Malaysia over the past 24 hours was recorded at 1,345, higher than the number of new positive cases of 972, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said this brought the cumulative number of recovery cases to 29,579, while the number of active cases stood at 11,308 and the total number Covid-19 cases was now 41,181.
Dr Noor Hisham said of the total 972 new cases, 967 were local transmissions, and five were import cases.
“For local transmissions, Sabah continues to have the highest number at 370, followed by Negeri Sembilan (260), Selangor (137), Labuan (63), Kuala Lumpur (20), Perak (51) and Penang (34).
“Kedah and Johor each recorded eight new cases, while Melaka and Putrajaya each had five cases, Sarawak recorded four cases and Kelantan, two cases,” he told a press conference on Malaysia’s Covid-19 updates at the Health Ministry today.
The number of deaths rose again, with eight deaths since yesterday’s briefing.
The deaths — all recorded in Sabah — were double the number reported yesterday and brought the country’s death toll to 294.
The youngest victim was a one-year-old baby, who had a medical history of heart disease, Down syndrome and hypothyroidism.
This would be the second time a child that age has died of Covid-19 in Malaysia, after the first case on October 6.
The other fatalities today were of those above 50.
The number of patients in intensive care is 86, with 31 requiring breathing assistance.
Meanwhile, six new Covid-19 clusters have been detected nationwide, with the majority being in Sabah.
Dr Noor Hisham said they comprise the Nabaha and Numbak clusters in Sabah (27 cases); Perigi cluster in Selangor (one case), Seri Terapi cluster in Kuala Lumpur (one case), Padang cluster in Johor; and Harmoni cluster (five cases) in Putrajaya.
He said that the Bah Perdana cluster which involved Kuala Lumpur, which had nine active Covid-19 cases (as of Nov 9) officially ended today.