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PETALING JAYA: The health ministry has reported 2,468 Covid-19 cases and 14 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 4,055 recoveries, bringing the total number of those discharged to 256,678.
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FMT reported.
There are 30,475 active cases, with 196 patients being treated in intensive care and 92 requiring respiratory assistance.
Meanwhile, the 14 deaths take the number of fatalities to 1,076.
The new cases today involved 2,464 local infections and four imported cases. Local cases comprised 1,549 Malaysians and 915 foreigners.
Selangor detected the highest number of infections with 932, of which 579 were detected from clusters and close contact screenings.
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Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah speaks during a press conference in Putrajaya on November 21, 2020. Picture by Miera Zulyana
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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 20 Malaysia kicked off the last week to Christmas with 1,340 new Covid-19 cases today.
Selangor still leads with the highest number of Covid-19 infections per state today at 441 cases, Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a statement.
However, it has not surpassed last Friday’s high of 692 infections in the state.