KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 8): Malaysia reported today its highest number of Covid-19-related deaths in a single day at 16, which brought the cumulative figure of fatalities in the country due to the pandemic to 537 so far. The number of newly-confirmed infected individuals today dropped to 2,643 from a day earlier.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a statement today the newly-confirmed infected individuals brought the total number of Covid-19 cases in Malaysia to 131,108 so far.
Out of the newly-confirmed cases, he said two were imported, while 2,641 involved local transmissions.
“For the local transmission cases, 1,666 cases involved Malaysians, while 975 cases involved non-Malaysians,” he said.
Elaborating on the 16 Covid-19-related deaths reported today, Dr Noor Hisham said the rise in the number of fatalities compared with yesterday was due to deaths which needed some time for further investigations before they could be certified as Covid-19 related.
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He said the deceased comprised 13 men and three women aged between 44 and 79 years old.
He said the deceased were all Malaysians.
Nine deaths were reported in Selangor, four in Sabah and three in Johor.
Malaysia’s 16 Covid-19-related deaths reported today spiked from eight yesterday (Jan 7), according to Dr Noor Hisham’s statement yesterday.
His statement yesterday also indicated Malaysia’s newly-confirmed daily Covid-19 cases rose past the 3,000 mark for the first time yesterday, after the country reported a fresh record high figure of 3,027 infected individuals.
Prior to today’s reported number of Covid-19-related deaths, news reports indicated that the nation's previously-reported record high number of daily Covid-19-related fatalities was 12 deaths on Nov 3, 2020.
Today, Dr Noor Hisham said that out of Malaysia's 2,643 newly-confirmed infected individuals, Selangor reported the highest daily number of fresh Covid-19 cases at 1,086, followed by Sabah and Johor at 401 and 298 respectively.
He said the 2,643 newly-confirmed infected individuals brought the nation’s total number of active Covid-19 cases to 25,140 so far.
According to him, the country has until now, 170 Covid-19 patients who are being treated in intensive care units.
Out of the 170, a total of 82 cases need breathing assistance, he said.
Meanwhile, the number of individuals who were reported to have recovered from Covid-19 today stood at 2,708, he said.
According to him, the 2,708 individuals brought the nation’s cumulative number of fully-recovered Covid-19 cases to 105,431 so far.