COVID-19: 84 cases recovered, 57 new cases, 2 deaths

The Ministry of Health (MOH) has confirmed another 84 cases of recovery and allowed to be discharged today, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases with full recovery to 4,171.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 57 new cases had been reported, resulting in a total of 6,002 positive cases in the country.

Of the total, he said, 1,729 cases were still active with the COVID-19 infectivity.

"It is noted that of the 57 new cases reported today, 25 are import cases. This means that local transmission cases are only 32 cases.

"To date, 36 positive cases of COVID-19 are being treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and out of that, 14 cases require respiratory assistance," he said in a daily press conference here on Thursday.

Commenting further, Dr Noor Hisham said two more deaths were reported to the National Crisis Preparation and Emergency Response Centre (CPRC.

He said the cumulative number of COVID-19 deaths in Malaysia was 102 cases (1.7 per cent of the total cases).

"The 101st death (Case 4657) was a 64-year-old Malaysian citizen with a history of blood cancer. He has a close contact history with the COVID-19 positive case of the Bali PUI cluster (the 4476th case).

"The 102nd death (Case 5282) was a 72-year-old Malaysian citizen with a history of hypertension. He was admitted to the Sarawak General Hospital on April 16, 2020 and passed away on April 30, 2020 at 12.55 pm," he said.