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Malaysia continued its four-digit trend in daily Covid-19 cases after 1,870 new infections were reported Wednesday, with Johor recording the highest number of cases in the country with 607.
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this brought the total number of infections in the country to 110,485 so far, of which 22,562 are active cases.
“The increase in Johor is due to the Tembok Choh prison-related cluster which reported 374 cases, followed by Selangor with 472 cases and Sabah with 280 cases,” he said in a statement, Wednesday.
Dr Noor Hisham said the pandemic also claimed six more lives overnight, with the country’s death toll now at 463 cases.
He said the deaths involved four men and two women, all aged between 45 and 69, adding that four of the fatalities were in Sabah and one each in Johor and Selangor. -Bernama
There were, however, 745 recovered cases reported, which brings the number of total number of recove
KUALA LUMPUR (Dec 30): Malaysia today recorded 1,870 new Covid-19 cases with six more deaths, pushing the cumulative confirmed infections in the country to 110,485, and the coronavirus death toll here to 463.
Johor overtook Selangor as the biggest contributor of new infections today, with 607 cases, according to a statement from health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
The spike in cases in the state came mostly from a newly identified prison cluster named Tembok Choh, which recorded 374 new cases. The cluster spans the Johor Bahru, Pontian, Kota Tinggi, Kulai, and Mersing districts.
These cases in Tembok Choh were among 402 cases reported from lockups, immigration detention depots and prisons in Selangor, Pahang, Johor and Perak, he said.
Published on: Wednesday, December 30, 2020
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PETALING JAYA: The health ministry has recorded 1,870 Covid-19 cases and six deaths in the past 24 hours.
Johor recorded the highest number of cases for the first time with 607 infections.
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 745 recoveries, bringing the total number of those discharged to 87,460.
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In a statement, Noor Hisham said the total number of infections now stands at 110,485.
There are 22,562 active cases with 131 patients in intensive care, of which 62 require respiratory assistance.
Meanwhile, the six deaths bring the toll to 463.
The six deaths involved five Malaysians and one foreigner each from Sabah, Selangor and Johor. They were aged between 45 and 69 and all except the foreigner had pre-existing conditions.
Covid-19: Police hunt five Indonesian workers
December 30, 2020
Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah
KUCHING – Police are on the hunt for five Indonesian workers who ran away from their quarters in Jemukan Ulu, Asajaya, about 40km from here, after being screened for COVID-19 about 10 days ago.
Kota Samarahan District Police chief DSP Sudirman Kram today said the results of the COVID-19 test on two of them – Harianto Safari, 41, and Mihan Madi, 23, – came back positive.
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They were reported to have run away from the workers’ quarters with three others known as Randi, 30, Hamsar, 27, and Rija Riansyah Tan Rabudin, 29.
“Initial investigation found that they were hired to clean up a plantation area in Sadong Land District, Jemukan Ulu, Asajaya, and were screened for the coronavirus on Dec 21. However, on Dec 22, the five were reported to have run away from their quarters,” he said in a statement here today.
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