MALAYSIA has logged 9,066 new COVID-19 infections on Sunday (Oct 3), with the cumulative total number of infections now at 2,277,565.
This marks the first time COVID-19 daily cases have dropped below the 10,000 figure in nearly three months.
In a tweet, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah also announced that 14,454 patients have recovered, with the total discharge now standing at 2,100,565.
According to the Health Ministry’s CovidNow website, there were 118 deaths, bringing the death tally to 26,683.
A total of 95 out of the 118 reported deaths (80.5%) happened in the last seven days.
The remaining deaths occurred more than a week ago but were only recorded yesterday due to delays in data reporting.
Sarawak recorded the highest number of cases at 1,418, and this is followed by Selangor (1,000), Johor (981) and Kelantan (796).
“Of the current active cases, 860 patients are still in receiving treatment at the intensive care unit (ICU), with 478 of them in need of ventilator support,” Noor Hisham remarked. – Oct 4, 2021.
