MALAYSIA today reported 15 new coronavirus cases, 10 of which were locally transmitted, director-general of health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said.

These bring the total number of infections to 9,038.

Eight of the 10 cases were Malaysians, six of whom were from the Sivagangga cluster in Kedah that stemmed from a restaurant owner who broke quarantine on his return from India.

A workplace screening in Negri Sembilan led to the discovery of the seventh Malaysian infected via local transmission and tests at Labuan’s international entry point detected the eighth. 

Of the two foreigners who were cases of local transmission, one was an undocumented migrant in Negri Sembilan and the other was found to be infected during targeted community screening in Kuala Lumpur. 

The remaining five cases were imported.

Meanwhile, 11 patients recovered and were discharged from hospital as of noon today.

This brings the total number of recoveries to 8,713.

Active cases stand at 200. Two of them are in intensive care, one of which is intubated. 

No new deaths from the virus were reported, keeping the death toll at 125. – August 6, 2020.