New cases drop below 10,000 after two months

New cases drop below 10,000 after two months

The health ministry says 14,454 patients recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 2.27 million.

PETALING JAYA:
The health ministry has reported 9,066 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, the first time since July 12 that daily cases have been below the 10,000 mark.

Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the total number of infections now stands at 2,277,565.

There were 14,454 recoveries, bringing the total number of those discharged to 2,100,565.

Of those currently in hospital, 835 are being treated in intensive care of whom 815 were confirmed to be Covid-19 positive and 20 were suspected of being infected; 535 patients needed respiratory assistance.

There were 355 confirmed Covid-19 positive and the remaining 180 suspected of being positive.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of cases among states today with 1,418 followed by Selangor (1,000), Johor (981), Terengganu (827), Kelantan (796), Sabah (767), Kedah (670), Perak (669), Pahang (630), Penang (620), Melaka (206), Kuala Lumpur (201), Negeri Sembilan (191), Perlis (66), Putrajaya (24) and Labuan (0).

There were 9,054 local infections today, comprising 8,485 Malaysians and 569 foreigners, as well as 12 imported cases.

Noor Hisham said that of the new infections, only 1.8% were Category 3, 4 and 5 cases.

The country’s Covid-19 infectivity rate stood at 0.89, with Perlis having the highest R-nought level of 1.05; Putrajaya is at 1.0 while the other states and federal territories were all below 1.0. Labuan has the lowest at 0.

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