Malaysia Records High 871 New Covid-19 Cases, Tally Surpasses 20,000 Mark - Health DG

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 18 (Bernama) -- The number of new COVID-19 cases in the country hit a record high when 871 cases were reported Sunday, taking the infection tally to 20,498 cases. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said with the latest additions, there were now 7,049 active cases. Also, seven fatalities were reported as of noon Sunday, which takes Malaysia’s COVID-19 death toll to 187. However, there was also some good news after Dr Noor Hisham announced 701 overnight recoveries, a single-day record, with the recovery tally now standing at 13,262 cases, or 64.7 per cent of the case tally. “A total of 97 cases (11.1 per cent) reported Sunday are from the Tembok cluster, Prison Remand cluster, Seberang Perai Prison cluster and the Kepayan Prison cluster. The cases were already isolated within the prisons and did not infect outside communities. “The states located in the Klang Valley account for 9.6 per cent of the total number of cases. Sabah continues to record the highest number of cases with 702 cases (80.6 per cent)," he said at a media conference on the latest COVID-19 developments here Sunday. --BERNAMA