News by Syafiqah Salim

This is the first time Malaysia has reported a daily figure that is less than 100 infections since March 15, with 41 cases. The next day, daily infections quadrupled to 190 cases.

Lembah Pantai located in Kuala Lumpur has topped 500 cases, which is higher than other countries in Asia such as Taiwan with 393 cases, Vietnam (267) and Brunei (136).

Five more deaths were reported, raising the death toll to 82, representing a 1.64% fatality rate.

Seremban has recorded 136 confirmed infections since the start of the second phase of the Movement Control Order on April 1 (124 cases), making it the red zone with the fourth-highest number of confirmed infections in Malaysia.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah revealed that the index case, patient No. 4,688, in the cluster has a traveling history to Bali, Indonesia. The person had close contact with his brother, patient No. 1,575 patient, who has died of Covid-19.

Patient No. 1,575 had infected seven persons in the second generation, and 11 individuals in the third generation.

One more death was reported today, raising the death toll to 77.

Lembah Pantai continues to be the district with the highest number of confirmed infections in Peninsular Malaysia — 496 cases — and there are 247 new confirmed infections since April 1.

This means that the red zones have expanded further in the Klang Valley, where there are now 11 health districts with more than 40 confirmed Covid-19 positive cases.

He also denied the accusations of a private doctor who reportedly claimed that the authorities had failed to protect the healthcare workers and frontliners because of a shortage of personal protective equipment or PPEs.

Meanwhile, one fatality was reported today, resulting in a total of 63 deaths from the disease.