New record high of 5,725 daily cases, 16 more deaths

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia yesterday reported a record-high 5,725 daily positive Covid-19 cases, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

The previous high of 4,275 daily cases was recorded on January 23.

Dr Noor Hisham said that of the total yesterday, 5,718 cases involved Malaysians while the seven import cases comprised five Malaysians and two foreigners. This also brings the total number of active cases currently to 45,478.

He said 16 more fatalities were recorded yesterday, taking the death toll in the country to 733.

“There are 301 patients currently being treated in the intensive care unit, with 115 of them intubated,” he said on his official Twitter account.

Dr Noor Hisham said the fatalities yesterday involved nine in Selangor, two in Sabah and one each in Kuala Lumpur, Sarawak, Melaka, Kelantan and Perak.

He said 3,423 recoveries were recorded yesterday, bringing the cumulative figure for recoveries to 155,722.

Of the new daily cases, Selangor continued to record the highest number, with 3,126, followed by Kuala Lumpur (687 cases); Johor (684); Sabah (288); Sarawak (179); Terengganu (137); Kedah (125); Penang (99); Kelantan (93); Melaka (74); Perak (73); Negeri Sembilan (69); Pahang (67); Putrajaya (16); Labuan (five) and Perlis (three).

Dr Noor Hisham said 12 new clusters -- 10 at workplaces and two community -- were detected yesterday.

He said the workplace clusters include among others Jalan Sepanggar cluster in Sabah.

The two community clusters are the Tinanom cluster in Sabah and Tabong cluster in Sarawak.

Dr Noor Hisham said Malaysia had recorded 791 clusters, with 375 being active ones.