THE Klang Valley – comprising Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya – accounted for 1,198 of the 5,516 Covid-19 cases logged yesterday.

There were 1,004 infections in Selangor, after the state reported fewer than 1,000 cases over the previous two days, the CovidNow website shows.

Yesterday, Kuala Lumpur recorded 189 cases, with five in Putrajaya.

Other states and federal territories that reported new cases yesterday were Johor (610), Kedah (312), Kelantan (565), Malacca (112), Negri Sembilan (127), Pahang (232), Perak (393), Perlis (29), Penang (378), Sabah (426), Sarawak (767), Terengganu (355) and Labuan (12).

Malaysia’s active cases continued to drop, to 81,955.

Of these, 666 patients were treated in intensive care units, 329 of them requiring respiratory support.

Meanwhile, 62,857 patients were in home quarantine; 11,966 in low-risk quarantine centres; and 6,466 were hospitalised.

Total recoveries number 2.29 million, 9,401 of which were reported yesterday. – October 21, 2021.