Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases fall to 5,271 as Selangor records sharp drop in infections

KUALA LUMPUR (June 7): Malaysia's daily number of newly confirmed Covid-19-infected individuals fell to 5,271 today from 6,241 yesterday, helped mainly by the sharp drop in the number of fresh cases reported in Selangor.

A total of 82 pandemic-linked deaths were reported across the country today.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said in an update via Twitter that Selangor reported 1,374 fresh cases today compared with 2,178 yesterday.

Despite the sharp drop today in the number of fresh Covid-19 cases in Selangor to 1,374, the figure was still the highest among states and federal territories across Malaysia, according to Dr Noor Hisham.

The number of newly confirmed Covid-19-infected individuals, however, rose elsewhere.

Kuala Lumpur's number of new pandemic cases rose to 455 today from 415 yesterday while the figure in Sarawak climbed to 703 from 600, he said.

Across Malaysia, Dr Noor Hisham said the 5,271 new Covid-19 cases reported today brought the nation's cumulative number of pandemic cases to 622,086 so far.

In a separate update via Twitter today, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said the 82 Covid-19 linked deaths reported across the country today brought the nation’s total number of pandemic-related fatalities to 3,460 so far. Across the nations’s hospitals, he said 902 Covid-19 patients are being treated at intensive care units and out of the 992 individuals, 447 are intubated to help them breathe. “(There are) 84,269 active (Covid-19) cases (across the country),” Dr Adham said. According to him, the country reported today 7,548 individuals who have recovered from Covid-19. He said the 7,548 individuals brought the country’s total number of persons who have recovered from the pandemic to 534,357 so far.

Meanwhile, Dr Noor Hisham's separate statement today offered more details on the Covid-19 situation in the country.

He said the 5,271 newly confirmed Covid-19-infected individuals reported today comprised 5,257 local transmission cases and 14 imported ones.

The 5,257 local transmission cases comprised 4,763 Malaysians and 494 foreigners, he said.

On the 82 pandemic-linked deaths reported today, Dr Noor Hisham said 23 fatalities were recorded in Selangor, 17 in Johor, 11 in Negeri Sembilan, eight in Kuala Lumpur, five in Kedah, four each in Sarawak, Perak, and Kelantan, two in Labuan and one each in Sabah, Melaka, Terengganu and Penang.

"(The 82 pandemic-linked deaths comprised) 80 Malaysians and two foreigners," he said.

A total of 23 Covid-19 clusters were identified across Malaysia today.

Dr Noor Hisham said that out of the 23 clusters, four each were detected in Selangor, Johor, Sarawak, and Sabah, two in Negeri Sembilan and one each in Kelantan, Kuala Lumpur, Penang, Kedah and Terengganu.

He said the 23 clusters brought the country's total number of pandemic clusters so far to 2,361, of which, 1,635 have ended while 726 are still active.

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