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A total of 12,757 COVID-19 cases were reported during the 49thh Epidemiological Week from Dec 3-9, said Datuk Dr Muhammad Radzi Abu Hassan.

All infected cases were males aged between nine to 45 years and were reported within the Kozhikode district of Kerala, the WHO said.

New COVID-19 cases in the country dropped by 33.7 pct to 7,249 cases in the 50th Epidemiological Week (ME 50/2022) from Dec 11 to 17.

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.

A total of 26,616 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in the ME 44/2022 from Oct 30 to Nov 5, an increase of 57.3 pct from the previous week.

That is compared with 3,372 new cases a day earlier - 581 symptomatic and 2,791 asymptomatic infections - which China counts separately.

A total of 14,525 new COVID-19 cases were recorded in ME 42/2022 from Oct 16-22, an increase of 21.5 per cent.

Dr Noor Hisham said new cases in ME 41 increased by 8.5 per cent, compared to 11,018 cases recorded in the previous week.

The number of new COVID-19 cases recorded in Malaysia from Sept 18-24 dropped 4.9 pct to 12,963 cases compared to 13,627 from Sept 11-17.

The number of new cases of COVID-19 in Malaysia continues to show a decrease with 1,483 cases reported Sunday compared to 1,971 on Saturday.

Since last week, Chengdu mostly reported less than 200 new cases a day, a tiny fraction compared with outbreaks in other parts of the world.

Based on the data from the COVIDNOW portal, there were 5 imported cases, while 2,351 were of local transmissions.

Dr Noor Hisham said that during the same period, 55 deaths were recorded due to the viral infection.

Dr Noor Hisham said the number of fatalities due to COVID-19 increased to 60 cases compared with 49 cases reported in the previous week.

The Health Ministry recorded 4,012 recoveries, taking the overall total of those recovered and discharged to 4,567,485.

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