News by Syafiqah Salim

Of the 15 new cases, five were imported cases involving three Malaysians and two foreigners.

No new death was reported today, marking a fifth day with no mortality.

The two new cases today are the lowest daily figure of new cases recorded since July 16, when three new cases were reported.

Health director general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said out of the nine new cases, seven were imported entities while two involved transmissions within the country.

“Both children have been admitted to the hospital and we have isolated them and are treating them. So rest assured that there have been no clusters formed in the school with regards to the two children.”

Of the eight new cases, five were local transmissions involving five Malaysians, while three imported cases involved two Malaysians and one foreigner who was allowed to enter the country.

The number of active cases rose to 220 from 212 yesterday. There were two patients in intensive care unit and one of them needed ventilator support.

In a bourse filing today, Ta Win said it has entered into a JV agreement (JVA) with Perbadanan Memajukan Iktisad Negeri Terengganu (PMINT) for the proposed development likened to the Kitakyushu Eco-Town project in Fukuoka, Japan.

Of the 39 new cases, 28 were local transmissions while 11 were imported cases.

This comes after three new locally transmitted Covid-19 clusters — Elsa in Pahang, PUI Al Khobar in Selangor and PUI Ramnad in Kuala Lumpur — were found to be due mainly to imported cases.