Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 2,348 recoveries, bringing the total number of those discharged to 46,501.

It is the highest number of daily recoveries to date.

In a press conference, Noor Hisham said the 970 cases bring the total number of infections in the country to 59,817.

Meanwhile, the four deaths bring the toll to 345.

Noor Hisham added that Negeri Sembilan reported the highest number of cases today with 318 cases, followed by Sabah with 293 cases.

Selangor’s numbers dropped drastically, with only 115 new cases recorded today, compared with more than one thousand new cases each in the past two days.

He said the spike in cases from Negeri Sembilan came from the Bakti prison cluster, with 301 new cases today.

On a related matter, there were a total of 318 cases from prison, lock up or temporary detention centre clusters. Aside from the Bakti cluster in Negeri Sembilan, the Tembok cluster (12), the Matambai cluster (three), the Sandakan Prison cluster (one) and the Remand prison cluster (one) also reported new cases in the last 24 hours.

There are currently 12,971 active cases, with 110 individuals receiving intensive care, of which 47 require respiratory assistance.

On the four deaths reported today, Noor Hisham said two were from Sabah, one from Penang and one from Labuan. They were aged between 54 and 77, with two of them having chronic health conditions.

Other states with new cases reported today were Perak (80), Kuala Lumpur (44), Johor (30), Penang (14), Kedah (24), Kelantan (8) and Labuan (37). Sarawak and Pahang both reported two cases each, while Melaka, Terengganu and Putrajaya reported one case each.

Noor Hisham said that of the 970 new cases, five were imported.

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