KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 24 new cases were recorded yesterday, comprising 18 local transmissions and six imported infections, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said.
He said the highest number, involving 13 cases, was from the Sungai Cluster in Kedah while two cases were from the Benteng Cluster in Sabah.
“Of the 18 local transmissions, 16 involved Malaysians and two are non-citizens,” he said.
Kedah recorded 16 new cases with 13 coming from the Sungai Cluster; one from the Tawar Cluster; one from the Telaga Cluster; and one was identified through symptomatic screening at the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital, while two cases in Sabah were from the Benteng Cluster.
The six imported cases that had been infected abroad, involved three Malaysians and three non-citizens.
He said the six imported cases, involved two Bangladeshi nationals (one in Negeri Sembilan, one in Kuala Lumpur); a Chinese and an Indonesian national in Sabah; a Singaporean in Sarawak and a South Korean in Selangor.
“The imported cases involving non-citizens have entered Malaysia before the entry ban came into effect on Sept 7.
“The two Bangladeshis arrived in Malaysia on Sept 6 and were screened on the same day while the case from China arrived in Malaysia on Sept 5 and was screened on Sept 6,” he said.
He said the results of the screening on these individuals as well as several imported cases reported yesterday, returned positive yesterday.
Dr Noor Hisham said seven cases are being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), with four requiring respiratory support, adding that as no fatalities were reported yesterday, the death toll remains at 128. — Bernama