KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 1 (NNN-BERNAMA) – Malaysia reported another 3,573 new COVID-19 infections, as of midnight, bringing the national total to 2,758,086, according to the health ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A total of 343 new cases were imported, and 3,230 were local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Twenty five more deaths were reported, bringing the death toll to 31,487.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
About 3,988 patients have been released after recovery, bringing the total number of cured and discharged to 2,685,378.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are some 41,221 active cases, 269 are being held in intensive care units and 163 of those are in need of assisted breathing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The country administered 182,020 doses of the COVID-19 vaccine yesterday, and some 79.6 percent of the population have received at least one dose, 78.4 percent have been fully vaccinated and 19.3 percent have received booster shots.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, Malaysia will temporarily suspend its pilgrims to Saudi Arabia from heading back home from Jan 8, Health Minister, Khairy Jamaluddin said, in a statement today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Khairy explained that, the decision was made, due to the high number of imported cases from Saudi Arabia over the last 14 days, with a number of these Umrah performers testing positive for the Omicron variant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Umrah pilgrims are also likely to have been infected while in Saudi Arabia, but still in the incubation period of infection-causing screening tests, before leaving for Malaysia to turn up negative.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The arrival of a large number of Malaysian Umrah performers, which is about 800 to 1,000 a day (using four special flights) further increases the risk of importation of COVID-19 cases and Omicron variant into the country,” the minister said.– NNN-BERNAMA <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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