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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Health director-general\u00a0Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this brought the total number of cases to\u00a08,734, with the number of active cases with capacity to infect at 86.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said the imported case involved a foreigner allowed to enter Malaysia for work purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dr Noor Hisham said no deaths were recorded today and the death toll due to the disease in Malaysia remained at 122.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Five positive cases are still being treated in the Intensive Care Unit, with one requiring ventilator support, he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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