The Ministry of Health (MOH) would like to inform that 28 cases have fully recovered and discharged well today. Cumulatively, 6,559 confirmed COVID-19 cases have fully recovered (79.5% of total cumulative cases).
A total of 277 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported to the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) MOH today. There are only four (4) locally transmitted cases among Malaysians. There are 271 cases among non-Malaysians, and only two (2) imported cases among Malaysians who were infected overseas.
Cumulatively there are now 8,247 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Malaysia. Therefore, there are currently 1,573 active and infective COVID-19 cases. They have all been isolated and given treatment.
A total of 270 cases among non-Malaysians
are from the Bukit Jalil Immigration Detention Centre, and these are
from repeated testing of detainees under quarantine in this detention
centre. They were exposed to the positive cases detected earlier. The
remaining one (1) case is a non-Malaysian detected from screening at a
construction site in Pudu.
Currently, six (6) confirmed COVID-19
cases are receiving treatment in intensive care units (ICU), and of
these, two (2) cases are on ventilation support.
Fortunately, no additional COVID-19 death was reported to the National CPRC MOH today. Cumulatively, there are 115 COVID-19 deaths in Malaysia (1.39% of total cumulative cases).
