PUTRAJAYA: The health ministry has reported 852 Covid-19 cases and four deaths in the past 24 hours.
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 825 recoveries, bringing the total number of those discharged to 28,234.
In a press statement, Noor Hisham said the 852 cases bring the total number of infections in the country to 40,209.
Meanwhile, the four deaths bring the toll to 286.
The four deaths involved two people from Sabah, one from Kedah and another in Perak. They were aged between 62 and 81. Three of them had a history of non-communicable diseases.
A total of 11,689 people are currently receiving treatment, with 94 in intensive care, including 32 who require respiratory assistance.
Of today’s new infections, 13 of them were imported cases, involving eight Malaysians and five foreigners who arrived from Indonesia, Saudi Arabia, Nepal, Morocco, the United Arab Emirates, UK, Turkey and South Korea.
The remaining 839 were local transmissions, the bulk of which were from Sabah, with 524 infections. Most of the cases in the state were detected through Covid-19 screenings.
This was followed by Selangor with 136 cases, Negeri Sembilan (104), Labuan (23), Penang (18) and Kuala Lumpur (11). The bulk of these cases were detected in the existing clusters and Covid-19 screenings.
Perak, Melaka, Kedah, Sarawak, Putrajaya, Johor, Kelantan and Terengganu all recorded fewer than 10 cases each.
Noor Hisham also noted that more companies had taken the initiative to voluntarily screen employees for Covid-19.
He reminded that such screenings conducted by the private sector could only be carried out at private medical clinics, ambulatory care centres and private hospitals.
Meanwhile, he said on-site health screening booth services could only be provided by private medical clinics.
He added that the list of private healthcare facilities and services offering Covid-19 screenings could be found on the health ministry’s website or the MySejahtera mobile application.
