18 DAYS OF ZERO COVID-19 DEATHS
PM urges people not to be complacent over drop in new cases to single digit
MALAYSIA continues to record no death for 18 days straight, with the death toll remaining at 121.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said no fatality from the virus was reported to the Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre up to noon yesterday.
Malaysia recorded the 121st fatality on June 14, involving a detainee at the Bukit Jalil Immigration Detention Centre.
On case updates, Dr Noor Hisham said three new cases were recorded yesterday, bringing the tally to 8,643.
He said two cases were locally transmitted involving foreigners, while another one was imported, involving a Malaysian.
“One of the locally-transmitted cases was detected from the Bukit Bintang cluster during repeated screening at the quarantine centre, and the other one was detected during screening before being sent to the lock-up in Kota Kinabalu.”
On active cases, he said the number stood at 85 up to yesterday, and 62 more patients had recovered and were discharged from hospitals, bringing the rate of recoveries at 97.6 per cent (8,437 cases).
“Two patients are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit and two are on ventilator support.”
On the status of the Bukit Bintang cluster, he said there were 11 positive cases recorded, including the one tested who positive yesterday, involving 10 Bangladeshis and one Malaysian.
He said 304 people in the cluster were screened, involving 204 foreigners and 100 Malaysians.
“Of the total, 293 tested negative for Covid-19.”
He said the cause of this cluster was under investigation.
He said district health offices, together with the police, were tracking down the 620 Persons Under Surveillance whom had yet to undergo the 13th-day Covid-19 test.
“Please take note. Action can be taken against those found violating requirements under the House Surveillance Order (HSO). The offenders can be
slapped with a fine or jailed, or both.”
These 620 were part of the 5,804 people who were discharged from quarantine centres on June 10 and were kept under HSO to complete a 14-day quarantine period. He said the remaining 5,184 people were released from HSO after they tested negative on the 13th day.
Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin congratulated frontliners for their hard work, as well as the people, for working to break the chain of infection in Malaysia.
“Alhamdulillah, for the first time yesterday (Wednesday), we logged the lowest daily new Covid-18 cases with one case, which was imported, with no local transmission recorded.”
He said the drop in new cases to a single digit had proven the public’s seriousness to fight Covid-19 and comply with standard operating procedures.
“Yes, this positive development makes us so excited and proud. But do not let our guard down, otherwise all the efforts to stop the outbreak of Covid-19 will be in vain.
“During this Recovery Movement Control Order phase, we are all frontliners. We have the responsibilities to protect our families, communities and country from Covid-19.”