News by Emir Zainul

As of yesterday, the government is capable of conducting up to 11,500 tests daily, across 43 laboratories in the country. When the pandemic first started, the daily testing capacity was at 3,500.

Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah highlighted that the usage of PPE among hospitals across the nation right now has risen by two to 10 times more than normal consumption.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said at a press conference in Putrajaya yesterday that the 416 cases included nationals from Indonesia, India, Myanmar, Pakistan and the Philippines.

According to the Ministry of Health (MoH), this brings the total recoveries from Covid-19 to 1,608 cases or 38% of the total number of positive cases in Malaysia, which stands at 4,228 cases.

The sub-cluster, according to MoH, has developed into a third generation of infections.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah also updated that there are now 76 patients under intensive care units (ICU) with 45 of them requiring respiratory assistance.

As of yesterday, there were 46 infections confirmed in Sepang, Selangor, and 42 in Kota Samarahan, Sarawak.

"If possible, for Malaysians working in Singapore, they should remain in Singapore for two more weeks."

MoH director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the number of such cases is small compared with the total number of confirmed cases, which has reached 3,963 today.

Death toll increased to 57, with four new cases.