COVID-19: 16 new cases, no deaths - Health DG

The total number of active cases with COVID-19 infectivity has continued to drop and the current figure stands at 295 cases, with 16 new cases reported.

There were no fatalities reported today, keeping the death toll at 121 or 1.42 per cent of the total number of cases.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the cumulative figure for positive cases was 8,572, of which three are imported cases which were infected overseas - two involving Malaysians and one a permanent resident.

"For the 13 local transmissions, nine cases involved non-Malaysians and only four involved Malaysians," he said in a statement today.