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Covid-19 (March 8): 1,529 cases, a new low for this year Published Modified8 Mar 2021, 10:39 am A - COVID-19 | The Health Ministry has reported 1,529 fresh Covid-19 cases, a new low for this year. Daily infections peaked in late January with a record 5,729 cases on Jan 30. The new cases for today are at the lowest level since Dec 27 last year. Of the 1,529 new infections today, 1,180 are Malaysians while another 349 are non-citizens. The number of active cases finally dipped under 20,000, helped by high recoveries of 2,076 cases today. Active cases are down from a peak of 51,783 on Feb 11. Active cases are a measure of the strain Covid-19 hospitals are facing. The country has enough beds for 34,126 Covid-19 patients in public hospitals and quarantine centres. ....
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 26): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases rose to 3,585 today, from 3,048 reported on Monday, marking the third straight day of cases staying above the 3,000 mark with 11 more deaths recorded. Among the new infections today, two were imported meaning they had contracted the virus from abroad while 3,583 were local transmissions, said health director-general (DG) Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Dr Noor Hisham said among the locally transmitted cases, 3,053 or 85.2% involved Malaysians, while 530 or 14.8% were foreigners. This raised the cumulative Covid-19 infections to 190,434 from just 113,010 as at Dec 31, 2020. The 11 additional fatalities also pushed the coronavirus death toll to 700, according to his statement. ....
Covid-19 (Jan 26): 3,585 new cases, record numbers in ICU Published Modified26 Jan 2021, 12:04 pm A - COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 3,585 new Covid-19 cases amidst a growing number of patients who require intensive care and ventilators to breathe. Leading indicators: Patients in ICU: 280 ↑ (19 more than the previous day) Intubated patients: 111 ↑ (10 more than the previous day) Deaths: 11 The Klang Valley reported the most number of new cases (54.3 percent) followed by Johor (14.6 percent) and Sabah (8.6 percent). In Selangor, 187 new cases were detected among individuals without symptoms and are not linked to existing clusters. This is relatively higher, considering that most states are reporting new cases in the double digits only. ....