COVID-19: 1,075 new cases, 11 deaths reported today - Health D-G
Three of the new cases were imported while 1,072 cases were local transmissions, taking the total number of active cases to 10,802. BERNAMApic
KUALA LUMPUR:A total of 1,075 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the country today along with 11 deaths, the second-highest daily casualty rate reported since the pandemic hit the country earlier this year.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said three of the new cases were imported, while 1,072 cases were local transmissions, taking the total number of active cases to 10,802.
"This also brings the total number of positive COVID-19 cases reported in Malaysia to 69,095," he said in a statement.
Dr Noor Hisham said the Klang Valley reported the highest number of cases at 508 (47.3 per cent) with Selangor contributing 459 of those cases, while Sabah recorded 310 cases (28.8 per cent) followed by Johor at 78 cases (7.3 per cent).
Meanwhile, the 11 death cases today brings the cumulative number of COVID-19 deaths in Malaysia to 376, or 0.54 per cent of the total number of cases.
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