Covid-19: Malaysia reports 375 new cases, 72% from Sabah, and five deaths
The new daily cases, which again surpassed the daily recoveries — 18 today — raised the number of active cases, which carry transmission risks, to 3,703 from 3,351 yesterday.
The new daily cases, which again surpassed the daily recoveries — 18 today — raised the number of active cases, which carry transmission risks, to 3,703 from 3,351 yesterday.
Of these cases, Sabah topped the list with the highest number of confirmed infections today at 282 cases, followed by Kedah (153), Selangor (19) and Penang (seven).
As of yesterday, there were 33 new cases involving those who just returned from Sabah.
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Kedah topped the list of states with the highest infections at 397, followed by Sabah at 219.
This is also the fifth straight day that Malaysia has reported triple-digit number of new infections since the start of this month, with 260 cases on Oct 1.
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Sixty-seven patients have recovered from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, with total cured cases now standing at 10,283.
The three clusters were Bah Lunas (four cases) and Bah Rose (eight) in Kedah, and the Jelok cluster in Selangor (four), according to MoH director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
One new death was reported to the Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) today, taking the country's death toll to 137.