KUALA LUMPUR – The country recorded 1,054 new Covid-19 cases today, the numbers going above the thousand mark after a few days in the high hundreds.
Twelve more deaths were reported, the second time double digit deaths were recorded. The death toll is now at 263.
Of the new cases 1,040 were local, while 14 were imported.
According to Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, the total number of positive cases now stands at 34,393, of which 10,135 are active cases.
Additionally, 94 individuals are currently at admitted at intensive care units, 32 of whom require ventilator support.
On a positive note, 875 patients recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 23,995.
On the spread of Covid-19 in the country, Dr Noor Hisham said Sabah recorded the highest number of new infections with 678 cases, followed by Selangor (124), Labuan (81), Negeri Sembilan (71), Penang (35), Sarawak (21), Kedah (12), Kuala Lumpur (10), Putrajaya (three), Perak (two) and one each in Johor, Melaka and Terengganu.
“From the 678 cases in Sabah, 310 cases were related to prison and temporary detention centre (PTS) clusters and from that number, the Rumah Merah cluster contributed 229 cases or about 73.9%.
“Nonetheless, the higher new cases could be attributed to more screening carried out in the states under conditional movement control order (CMCO),” he said. – The Vibes, November 3, 2020
