MALAYSIA’S number of active Covid-19 now stands at 289 cases, with the nation recording 76 recoveries as of noon today, said Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

The health director-general said this put the number of total recoveries at 8,146, or 95.2% of total infections.

Noor Hisham said over the last 24 hours, 21 new cases were detected, bringing the tally of infections to 8,556 cases in total.

He said of the 21 cases, two were imported cases while 19 are local transmissions.

Of the local transmissions, he said 12 involved Malaysians while seven involved foreigners.

The seven cases involving foreigners were in Kuala Lumpur. All are close contacts of a previous Covid-19 patient and all are housemates. 

“Of the 12 local transmissions, 10 cases were detected in Selangor while one case was detected in Negri Sembilan and Sabah each,” he said in a statement today.

“Seven of the 10 cases in Selangor are from tahfiz schools and madrasah. 

“The other three involve one from cluster Lanjut, which is a new cluster, one from the old folks’ home cluster in Kuala Selangor and one is a front-line worker, who is not a healthcare worker,” Noor Hisham said. 

He added three patients are in intensive care units but none were on ventilators.

Noor Hisham said as no fatalities were reported today, the total number of fatalities remains at 121. – June 20, 2020.