Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 2,944 recoveries, bringing the total number of those discharged to 125,288.

In a press conference, Noor Hisham said the total number of infections now stands at 165,371.

There are 39,464 active cases with 238 patients being treated in intensive care and 96 requiring respiratory assistance.

Meanwhile, the 14 deaths bring the number of fatalities to 619.

The 14 deaths involved 12 Malaysians and two foreigners from Perak, Selangor, Labuan, Kedah, Kelantan and Sarawak.

They were aged between 46 and 85. All had chronic illnesses.

Selangor continued to record the highest number of cases with 1,199 infections, followed by Sabah with 526 and Kuala Lumpur with 521.

Noor Hisham said 884 of the cases in Selangor came from active close contact screenings being carried out in the field and existing clusters.

Meanwhile, on cases in other states, Noor Hisham said Johor reported 368 cases in the last 24 hours, while Sarawak reported 156 and Negeri Sembilan 139.

Meanwhile, Perak reported 135 cases followed by Kelantan (133), Penang (124), Melaka (122), Kedah (114), Terengganu (33), Pahang (31), Putrajaya (26), Perlis (three) and Labuan (one).

Some 310 cases today were related to prison and immigration depot clusters, namely the Jalan Sungai Jelok prison (217), Jalan Harapan prison (47), Tembok Nanas (22), Damai Pelangi (19), Tembok Mempaga (three), Matambai (one) and Telok Mas (one) clusters.

There were seven imported cases reported.

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