Only six new Covid-19 cases recorded

PUTRAJAYA: The new Covid-19 positive cases remain in a single digit with six new cases recorded yesterday.

The total number of active cases with Covid-19 infectivity stands at 244 cases.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said, the addition of new cases brings the cumulative number of positive cases in Malaysia to 8,596, no death was recorded and the death toll remained at 121 cases.

“Of the six new cases reported, two are imported cases infected overseas, involving a Malaysian citizen and one a foreign permanent resident in Malaysia,” he told a daily media conference on Covid-19 development here yesterday.

Dr Noor Hisham said, 45 Covid19 patients who had recovered were discharged today, bringing the cumulative number of fully recovered cases who have been discharged from the wards to 8,231 cases or 95.8 per cent, of the total number of cases.

Meanwhile, three new clusters were detected, namely the Hulu Langat Condominium Cluster; Bukit Bintang Cluster; and Kuching Construction Site Cluster.

For the Bukit Bintang Cluster, until now 10 Covid-19 positive cases have been reported involving nine Bangladeshis and one Malaysian.

The index case for this cluster (patient number 8498) was a foreign man, who underwent Covid-19 screening to return to work and tested positive on June 15.

“Investigations and screenings on all close contacts have been conducted. So far, 274 close contacts have been screened, comprising 203 foreigners and 71 Malaysians.

“Seven of the 10 positive cases are housemates of the index case,” he said.