Malaysia reports 959 new COVID-19 cases, 5 more deaths
Dec 09, 2020
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], December 9 (ANI/Xinhua): Malaysia reported 959 new COVID-19 infections, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday, bringing the national total to 76,265.
Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a press briefing that six of the new cases are imported and 953 are local transmissions.
Five new deaths have been reported, pushing the death toll to 393.
Another 1,068 patients have been released after recovery, bringing the total cured and discharged to 65,124, or 85.4 percent of all cases.
Of the remaining 10,748 active cases, 127 are being held in intensive care and 61 of those are in need of assisted breathing.
Meanwhile, Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob told a separate press conference that the Low-Risk COVID-19 Quarantine & Treatment Center at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) in Selangor state would be reactivated.
He said the decision was made following the rise of new COVID-19 cases in the state, with some 10,000 beds expected to be made available in stages. (ANI/Xinhua)
