Published on: Monday, December 21, 2020
By: FMT
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PUTRAJAYA: The health ministry has reported 2,018 Covid-19 cases and one death in the past 24 hours.
There were 1,204 cases in Selangor alone.
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 1,084 recoveries, bringing the total number of those discharged to 78,393.
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In a press conference, Noor Hisham said the total number of infections now stands at 95,327.
There are 16,496 active cases with 109 patients being treated in intensive care and 55 requiring respiratory assistance.
Meanwhile, the one death brings the death toll to 438.
The death involved a 50-year-old foreign man. He died at Hospital Tuaran in Sabah and did not have any pre-existing medical conditions.