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KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 3 — Malaysia recorded 5,551 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours, slightly lower compared to yesterday’s 5,806 cases, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
This brought the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases nationwide to 2,649,578.
Dr Noor Hisham said that 5,301 patients recovered, while 23 new imported cases were recorded, involving 14 Malaysians and nine foreigners.
Of the 5,551 cases today, 78 cases or 1.4 per cent fall under Categories 3, 4 and 5 while the rest (98.6 per cent) are under Categories 1 and 2.
“Cases requiring treatment in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) are 499 cases (362 cases confirmed Covid-19 positive; 137 suspected cases, probabilities, and cases under investigation).
“Cases requiring respiratory assistance are 269 cases (157 confirmed Covid-19 positive cases; 112 suspected cases, probabilities, and cases under investigation),” Dr Noor Hisham said, adding that six new clusters were also reported today.
He said that Malaysia’s rate of infection currently stands at 0.96, with Perlis being the state with the highest infectivity rate, at 1.12, from 1.09 yesterday.
