Of the total, 3,498 were local cases with 1,871 being citizens and 1,627 non-citizens as well as one import case involving a non-citizen.
Selangor remained with the highest number of new positive cases by state with 1,345 cases and a total of 85,840 cases.
Five new deaths were also recorded, bringing the cumulative number of deaths to 958 or 0.37 per cent of the total cases.
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Meanwhile, the number of recovery cases was 3,515, bringing the cumulative number of cases recovered to 209,289 or 79.94 per cent.
A total of 263 cases are receiving treatment at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) with 118 receiving respiratory assistance.