KUALA LUMPUR, July 15 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Five new COVID-19 cases were reported in Malaysia today, four of which were local transmissions and one imported case.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this brought the total number of cases to 8,734, with the number of active cases with capacity to infect at 86.
He said the imported case involved a foreigner allowed to enter Malaysia for work purposes.
As for the local transmission cases, one involved a citizen screened as symptomatic in Kuching, Sarawak and who has been admitted to the Sarawak General Hospital for treatment.
Of the other three cases, one was detected during pre-surgery screening at Sungai Buloh Hospital, Selangor, one was detected in Sarawak during the screening of close contact to case 8,732, and the final case during a screening of healthcare workers at a medical centre, he said in a statement here today.
Dr Noor Hisham said no deaths were recorded today and the death toll due to the disease in Malaysia remained at 122.
He said two cases had recovered and discharged today, bringing the cumulative number for recoveries to 8,526, or 97.6 per cent of the total number of cases.
Five positive cases are still being treated in the Intensive Care Unit, with one requiring ventilator support, he added.
— NNN-BERNAMA