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KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 5): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases surged to 432 today — a new record high since the Covid-19 pandemic began in early January, the Ministry of Health (MoH) reported.
The previous highest daily figure was 317, which was recorded on Saturday (Oct 3).
This is also the fifth straight day that Malaysia has reported triple-digit number of new infections since the start of this month, with 260 cases on Oct 1.
The total number of active cases breached the 2,000 mark again today to reach 2,336, of which 32 patients are in the intensive care unit including eight who require respiratory assistance.
The last time Malaysia recorded more than 2,000 active cases was on April 15 (2,342 cases).
MoH said 57 Covid-19 patients were discharged in the 24 hours as of noon today, bringing total recoveries to date to 10,340 or 80.7% of total cases, which now stand at 12,813.
The Covid-19 death toll remained at 137 for the second consecutive day.
All but three of today’s 432 new cases were locally transmitted.
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