KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 14 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia recorded 21,468 new COVID-19 infections, the Health Ministry said yesterday, bringing the national total to 1,363,683.
Health Ministry Director-General, Noor Hisham Abdullah, said at a press statement that, 25 of the new cases are imported, and 21,443 are local transmissions.
Another 277 more deaths were reported, bringing the country’s COVID-19 death toll to 11,968.
Another 17,025 patients were released after recovery, bringing the total number of cured and discharged to 1,110,528 or 81.4 percent of all cases.
Of the remaining 241,187 active cases, 1,075 are being held in intensive care, and 537 of those are in need of assisted breathing (oxygen).– NNN-BERNAMA
