COVID-19 : 28 MORE POSITIVE CASES IN MALAYSIA - HEALTH D-G

KUALA LUMPUR, March 6 (Bernama) -- Twenty-eight more people have been confirmed COVID-19 positive, bringing to 83 the total number of cases in the country, said Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said the 83 cases, reported as at 12 noon Friday, comprised 65 Malaysians, 15 China nationals and one citizen each of the United States, Japan and Italy. “All these cases have been traced for further treatment. The close contacts of these cases are being identified for further investigation and sample taking,” he said in a statement Friday. He said 956 close contacts had been identified and of this number, 258 close contacts of the cluster linked to the 26th case have been traced and have had their samples taken. “From this cluster, 18 people were confirmed COVID-19 positive and 70 people were found negative but placed under home surveillance and observation order for 14 days. Another 170 of those traced are still awaiting their laboratory results,” he added. -- BERNAMA