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Dr Noor Hisham the number of local cases dropped from 3,735 to 3,213 cases from Jan 1 to 7.

Dr Noor Hisham said in a statement today said the number of local cases fell 2.6 per cent from 19,068 cases to 18,581 cases.

China's outbreak is small by global standards. But Shanghai, now accounting for three out of every four local cases across the country, has emerged as a test bed for the national government.

The city of 13 million people reported 174 new local cases with confirmed clinical symptoms for Dec 31.

New South Wales (NSW) state reported 1,127 new local cases, the majority in state capital Sydney, down from 1,257 on Monday.

Across China, new local cases fell to the single-digits last week, after peaking in early August.

Of the total, three imported cases were reported to receive infection from abroad while the rest were local case infections.

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.

A total of 3,680 new COVID-19 infections were reported on Wednesday, bringing the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 191,114.

Malaysia recorded the highest daily case with 3,337 cases on Thursday, with 3,330 being local cases while the rest were import cases.

Hebei accounted for 40 of the 42 local infections, with Beijing and northeastern Heilongjiang province reporting one local case each.

Hebei, which entered a "wartime mode" on Tuesday, accounted for 51 of the 52 local cases reported by the National Health Commission on Thursday.

Malaysia confirms 105 patients are being treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 40 cases require respiratory assistance.

An increase in new death cases was also recorded with six more, bringing the total number of death cases to 300.

To date there are 99 positive COVID-19 cases being treated in the ICU, with 31 cases requiring respiratory assistance.

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