KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 13\u00a0(Bernama) — The number of positive COVID-19 cases in Malaysia increased further\u00a0today with 660 new cases, and four deaths reported. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said, of the total positive cases, 658 were local infections involving 618 locals and 40 non-citizens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Commenting on the matter, he said 443 cases were reported in Sabah and 76 cases in Selangor; Kedah had 60 cases from the Tembok Cluster; Penang (23), Federal Territory of Labuan (18); Perak (16); Johor (10); Kuala Lumpur (nine); Negeri Sembilan (two) and Pahang (One).<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u2018\u2019Two imported cases who were infected abroad involved two non-citizens, namely, from India which were reported in Labuan and one from Nepal which was reported in Kuala Lumpur,\u2019\u2019 he said in a virtual media conference on the development of COVID-19, here, today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said this brought the total number of positive COVID-19 cases in the country to 16,880 cases\u00a0as well as the number of active cases with COVID-19 infectibility to 5,345 while the cumulative number of deaths from COVID-19 was at 163 cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the four deaths reported today, Dr Noor Hisham said all the deaths were reported in Sabah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said two deaths were reported at the Duchess of Kent Hospital involving an 84-year-old woman who had high blood pressure and dyslipidemia and an 83-year-old man with high blood pressure, diabetes and dyslipidemia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
One death was reported at the Semporna Hospital involving a 36-year-old woman, who was a non-citizen, with tuberculosis, and another death was that of a 59-year-old man at the Tawau Hospital, who suffered from chronic kidney problem, he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Until to date, he said, 101 positive COVID-19 cases were being treated at the Intensive Care Units (ICU) and 32 cases needed respiratory aid.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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