COVID-19: 862 New Cases, Three Deaths - Health D-G

PUTRAJAYA, Oct 20 (Bernama) -- The number of new daily COVID-19 cases in Malaysia continues to hover in the 800s, with 862 cases reported Tuesday, taking the overall tally to 22,225 cases to date. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the latest development took the number of active cases with infectivity up to 7,681. He said three deaths were also reported today - all of them in Sabah, bringing the cumulative number of deaths in Malaysia due to the pandemic, to 193. In addition, he said another 634 cases had fully recovered Tuesday, bringing the total number of recoveries to 14,351 or 64.6 per cent of the total number of cases. “The number of cases recovered in Sabah is 433, Kedah (109 cases), Selangor (77 cases), Federal Territory of Labuan (10 cases), Negeri Sembilan (two cases), Johor (one case), Pahang (one case) and Terengganu ( one case). -- BERNAMA