Covid-19: A spike of 103 new cases in M'sia today
Published on: Friday, May 29, 2020
KOTA KINABALU: A total of 103 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported to the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) Health Ministry (MOH) today.
Cumulatively there are now 7,732 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Malaysia, according to a press statement by Health Director-General Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
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“Therefore, there are currently 1,382 active and infective COVID-19 cases. They have all been isolated and given treatment,” he said.
“This high number of additional cases reported today were amongst non-Malaysians.
“Of the 103 additional cases reported today, seven are imported cases who were infected overseas.
“Of the 96 locally transmitted cases, 84 cases are non-Malaysians, of which 53 cases were detected from the Pedas Cluster and 24 cases from the Cleaning Company Cluster.
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“The remaining 12 locally transmitted cases are Malaysians.”
Currently, he said, eight confirmed COVID-19 cases are receiving treatment in intensive care units (ICU), and of these, two cases are on ventilation support.
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He also disclosed that 66 cases have fully recovered and discharged well today.
“Cumulatively, 6,235 confirmed Covid-19 cases have fully recovered (80.6 per cent of total cumulative cases),” he said.
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