LABUAN: The body of an unidentified man was found floating in the sea off Rusukan Kecil Island, about two nautical miles off the Labuan jetty, on Satu.
The number of people with active Covid-19 infections in Malaysia has gone up to 17,646.
Currently, 111 patients are in intensive care, with 51 requiring ventilator support.
in his daily Covid-19 update on Tuesday (Dec 22), Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said four cases were imported infections, while the rest were local transmissions.
Dr Noor Hisham said Selangor continued to record the highest increase of the day out of all states with 1,014 confirmed cases, or 49.2% of Tuesday s total.
This is followed by Kuala Lumpur with 504 or 24.4% of the total number of cases and Sabah with 252 cases (12.2%).
There are 120 new cases reported from prison and detention centre clusters, which is about 5.8% of Tuesday s tally.
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