News by syafiqah Salim

According to the latest statistics released by the Ministry of Health (MoH), the number of active cases in the capital city was at 535, up from 523 on Monday.

Meanwhile, the total number of cured cases stands at 3,349 as of noon today, representing a recovery rate of 61.1%.

As daily recoveries exceeded daily new infections for the eleventh time, active infections have fallen to 2,103 cases; there are a total of 5,389 cases as at yesterday.

The number of daily recoveries exceeded the number of daily infections for the ninth time, with 201 cured cases. This brings the total recoveries in Malaysia to 2,967 or 56.5% of the country’s total.

Daily recoveries exceed new infections for eighth time as 119 cured compared with 110 new cases

Lembah Pantai in Kuala Lumpur remains the district with the highest number of confirmed infections at 577 cases or 11.4%, while Hulu Langat has 440 cases.

This brings the total of infections related to the Bali cluster to 24 cases, while Kampung Baru has 27 infections.

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.