Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 900 recoveries, bringing the total number of those discharged to 32,969.

At a press conference, he said the 1,304 cases bring the total number of infections in the country to 45,095. Four of the cases are import cases – three from Saudi Arabia and one from Egypt.

The additional death brings the toll to 304.

A total of 567 new cases were reported in the Klang Valley, with Noor Hisham saying this was a drastic increase compared with the 224 cases yesterday.

Selangor reported 364 or 27.9% of the cases, and Kuala Lumpur reported 202 or 15.5% of the tally.

He said the bulk of the cases came from existing clusters.

Sabah remains the state with the highest number of local transmissions (556), including 233 from close-contact screenings and 188 from clusters. Two new clusters – the Bonggaya and Jambatan B clusters – contributed 51 cases.

Meanwhile, the death reported today involved a Malaysian man from Sabah, aged 70, with a history of high blood pressure.

Noor Hisham said there are 11,822 active cases in the country, 96 of which are being treated in the ICU, with 39 needing respiratory assistance.

He also said 33 cases or 2.5% of the cases are from clusters at prisons or temporary detention centres. These are the Seberang Perai Prison (20), the Kepayan Prison (eight), the Rumah Merah (three) and the Tembok clusters (two)

On statistics from the other states, he said Negeri Sembilan reported 83 cases, and Penang 42. Most of the cases were also from existing clusters.

Perak, Sarawak and Melaka reported 13 cases each, while Kedah and Kelantan both had five each.

Labuan (four), Johor (three) and Putrajaya (one) reported the least number of cases in the last 24 hours.

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