KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded 4,008 new Covid-19 cases today, the second-highest daily figure since the pandemic hit the country, says director-gene.
20 Jan 2021 / 21:28 H.
KUALA
LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded 4,008 new Covid-19 cases today, the second-highest daily figure since the pandemic hit the country, says director-general of Health Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said the number involved 4,003 local cases and five import cases, bringing the cumulative number of positive Covid-19 cases in Malaysia to 169,379.
“A total of 2,374 cases were reported recovered today, bringing the cumulative number of cases completely cured from Covid-19 infection to 127,662 cases or 75.4 per cent of the total number of cases,“ he said in a statement today.
Selangor once again recorded the highest number of cases with 1,391, followed by Kuala Lumpur (513 cases), Johor (470 cases) and Sabah (406).
More hospitals for Covid-19 patients in Kedah
January 20, 2021
ALOR SETAR – Three more Health Ministry (MOH) hospitals in Kedah are being used as COVID-19 treatment hospitals to accommodate the increase in patients at Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital (HSB), here now.
State Health and Local Government Committee chairman Datuk Dr Mohd Hayati Othman said the hospitals were Sultan Abdul Halim Hospital (HSAH) in Sungai Petani, Kuala Nerang Hospital and Kulim Hospital.
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“Earlier, HSB was the only hospital for treatment of COVID-19 in the state. Based on current information received today from the Kedah State Health Department (JKN), as much as 72 per cent capacity of the COVID-19 patient ward at the hospital has been occupied, while 89 per cent of the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) ward has been filled.
PUTRAJAYA (Dec 28): The Conditional Movement Control Order (CMCO) has successfully curbed the spread of Covid-19 in the country, says Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said without the implementation of CMCO, about four million Malaysians were expected to have been infected with the virus. Today, we see only about 106,000 cases reported so far, he said during his daily press conference on Covid-19 here today.
Dr Noor Hisham said the implementation of the first Movement Control Order (MCO) was very successful in terms of reducing the infection rate, however, it had a very huge impact on the economy.
Monday, 28 Dec 2020 09:37 PM MYT
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah speaks during a press conference in Putrajaya November 16, 2020. Bernama pic
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PUTRAJAYA, Dec 28 The conditional movement control order (CMCO) has successfully curbed the spread of Covid-19 in the country, says Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said without the implementation of CMCO, about four million Malaysians were expected to have been infected with the virus.
“Today, we see only about 106,000 cases reported so far,” he said during his daily press conference on Covid-19 here today.