Malaysia today recorded new Covid-19 positive cases in the past 24 hours in three figures, at 823 cases, with eight more deaths reported.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that this brings the cumulative number of Covid-19 positive cases in the country to 26,565, while active cases with infectivity stands at 9,202.
He said that all the new cases were local transmissions, of which 533 were in Sabah.
“This number (cases in Sabah today) shows a drop of 356 cases (40 per cent) compared with the total number of cases reported in Sabah yesterday. This is due to the number of new cases recorded from Kepayan Prison, Kota Kinabalu having decreased from 434 reported yesterday, to 67 today.”
“However, this number is still high compared with other states. Efforts are being made to track down more cases throughout Sabah which now has 17 red districts.”
He said in a statement on the development of Covid-19 at Kuala Lumpur today.
Source: BERNAMA
