Categories: News

COVID-19: New cases drop to 6 today, all 5 local cases reported in Kedah

Malaysia has reported 6 new COVID-19 cases today which brings the total number of infections to 9,291. There are no new deaths reported and the death toll remains at 125.

The Ministry of Health has reported 7 new recoveries and a total of 8,978 patients have recovered and discharged so far. The recovery rate is currently 96.63% while the mortality rate is at 1.35%.

There are currently 188 active cases remaining which are isolated and receiving treatment. The number of patients in ICU has increased to 9 and 6 of them require respiratory support.

Out of the 6 new cases today, one is an imported case involving a foreigner arriving from Singapore while the other 5 cases are transmitted locally in Kedah.

All 5 new local cases reported today are Malaysians and 3 are from the Tawar cluster. The other two unrelated cases were detected via severe acute respiratory infection (SARI) screening and symptomatic screening.

As of today, there are 73 positive cases in the Tawar cluster which include 6 in ICU. A total of 4,051 individuals under the cluster have been screened so far. The Ministry of Health has also announced the end of two more clusters. This include the Bukit Tiram cluster in Johor and the Mambong cluster in Sarawak.

[ SOURCE, IMAGE SOURCE ]

Recent Posts

Cashless in Japan: Can you travel and spend with just TNG eWallet?

Planning to travel to Japan soon? With the emergence of cross-border eWallet payments, we recently…

2 hours ago

Chery Omoda 5 Axle Issue: How to check if your vehicle is affected by the recall

Chery Malaysia has just issued a new statement following JPJ's recall notice for the Omoda…

22 hours ago

ChargEV Aeon Mall Shah Alam chargers finally online again, offer DC charging up to 320kW

After being out of commission for several months, the ChargEV chargers at Aeon Mall Shah…

1 day ago

Kia EV9 Malaysia: Best fully electric SUV under RM400K?

The Kia EV9 has officially landed in Malaysia with a lower-than-expected price tag. Bookings for…

1 day ago

Gobind: DNB and newly appointed directors to meet next week to look into due diligence findings

Digital Minister Gobind Singh shared today that the newly reconstituted board of Digital Nasional Berhad…

2 days ago

We experienced Samsung’s flagship smart home showroom in Thailand. Here’s what we saw

Samsung gave us a tour of its first flagship smart home showroom in Thailand, located…

2 days ago

This website uses cookies.