KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia today recorded 629 new Covid-19 cases as of noon – the 16th straight day of new cases in the triple digits – bringing the total number of infections nationwide to 18,758.
Six more deaths were reported today, bringing the total number of fatalities to 176.
Two infections were imported while 627 were locally transmitted, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a virtual press conference via the Ministry of Health (MOH) Facebook page today.
Sabah again recorded the highest number of new infections with 489 cases.
Currently, there are 6,323 active cases, with 99 of them seeking intensive care and 31 on ventilator support.
On a positive note, 245 patients were discharged, bringing the total number of recoveries to 12,259.
Dr Noor Hisham said for states in the Klang Valley, Selangor recorded 50 new cases, Kuala Lumpur (eight cases) and Putrajaya (two cases).
In Penang there were 33 cases, Labuan (19 cases), Perak (nine cases), Kedah (seven cases), Johor (five cases), Melaka (three cases) and one case each in Negri Sembilan and Pahang.
Commenting further, he said 627 cases were local transmissions involving 577 Malaysians and 50 foreigners while the two import cases reported involved Malaysians returning from New Zealand and Singapore.
“For local transmissions, 16 cases were visitors who returned from Sabah which brings the number of cases with history of travelling to Sabah since Sept 20 to 437 cases,” he said. – The Vibes, October 16, 2020
