Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 1,297 recoveries, bringing the total number of those discharged to 74,030.

In a statement, Noor Hisham said with the 1,220 cases the total number of infections in the country to date  is now 89,133.

Meanwhile, the three deaths bring the toll to 432.

Selangor recorded the highest number of infections with 368 cases today, followed by Kuala Lumpur (297) and Sabah (184).

Noor Hisham said 247 of the 368 cases in Selangor were from existing clusters and discovered through close contact tracing.

Other states with new cases today were Melaka (98), Penang (80), Johor (67), Perak (41), Negeri Sembilan (33), Kelantan (10), Kedah (9), Sarawak (9), Pahang (4), and Terengganu (2), while the federal territories of Labuan and Putrajaya recorded 16 and two cases, respectively.

Perlis was the only state that did not record any new case today.

Out of the 1,220 cases today, only six were imported cases.

A total of 135 infections came from prison clusters, namely the Jalan Harapan (98), Tembok (36) and Seberang Perai (one) clusters.

On the three deaths, Noor Hisham said they involved two Malaysians and one foreigner. They were aged between 36 and 81, and all of them had a history of chronic illnesses.

There are currently 14,671 active cases with 106 patients receiving intensive care, 53 of whom require respiratory assistance.

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