Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 1,143 recoveries, bringing the total number of those discharged to 60,204.

In a statement, Noor Hisham said the 1,123 cases brought the total number of infections in the country to 71,359.

Meanwhile, the four deaths bring the toll to 380 so far.

Sabah reported the highest number of cases today with 391 cases, followed by Kuala Lumpur (265) and Selangor (221).

Noor Hisham said most of the cases in Sabah were from existing clusters, including the newly identified Batu Tiga and Jalan Domis clusters.

Meanwhile, the majority of cases in Kuala Lumpur and Selangor came from existing clusters, close contact tracing and other Covid-19 screenings in both states.

Of today’s cases, 40 came from temporary detention clusters, namely the Sibuga cluster in Sabah and the Tembok cluster in Kedah with 27 and 13 cases respectively.

Other states and federal territories with new cases reported today were Johor (66), Penang (44), Perak (39), Kelantan (35), Kedah (30), Negeri Sembilan (10), Labuan (10), Putrajaya (four), Pahang (two) and Sarawak (one).

On the four deaths, Noor Hisham said they were three Malaysians and one foreigner from Sabah, Johor and Selangor. They were aged between 46 and 75.

All of them had a history of chronic illnesses.

There are currently 10,775 active cases, with 130 patients receiving intensive care, of which 54 require respiratory assistance.

Terengganu and Perlis did not record any new cases today.

Out of the 1,123 cases today, only five were imported cases.

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