KUALA LUMPUR (May 31): Malaysia’s daily reported new Covid-19 cases increased to 57 as of noon today from the 30 announced yesterday, bringing the cumulative number of cases in the country to 7,819 so far.
The new cases today included 15 detected across three new clusters involving non-Malaysians in Pahang’s Maran and Bera districts. Two clusters were detected in Maran while one was found in Bera.
During a press conference at Putrajaya today, health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said out of the 57 new cases, 10 were imported while 47 were local. Of the 47 local cases, 43 involved non-Malaysians while four were Malaysians.
Of the 43 cases involving non-Malaysians, "24 cases were detected at the Sepang immigration detention depot cluster while 15 cases were detected in Pahang comprising three worker clusters,” said Dr Noor Hisham, who had also issued to reporters a press statement on Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 updates.
In the statement, he said there was one case each at the Sungai Lui Village and Pudu clusters.
He said there was also a case involving an illegal immigrant who is in the proses of being transferred to an immigration detention depot, and another involving a factory worker in Klang, Selangor.
He said there were no Covid-19-related deaths reported today and as such the cumulative number of fatalities remains at 115.
Dr Noor Hisham said 23 Covid-19 patients have recovered today and were allowed to be discharged, bringing the total recoveries in the country to 6,353 so far.
In geographical terms, of new Covid 19 cases reported as at noon today, 31 were detected in Selangor and eight in Kuala Lumpur, while 15 were found in Pahang, two in Negeri Sembilan and one in Melaka.
Yesterday, Dr Noor Hisham said 30 additional confirmed Covid-19 cases were reported to the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre of the Ministry of Health.
Of the new cases reported yesterday, three were imported while 27 were locally transmitted cases, he said.