COVID-19: Malaysia Records Two-Digit New Daily Cases 4 Days In A Row

PUTRAJAYA, April 21 (Bernama) -- Malaysia has maintained the two-digit new daily cases for the fourth consecutive day after it reported 57 new COVID-19 positive cases as of noon Tuesday. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the new cases bring the tally of the COVID-19 infection in the country to 5,482 cases. A total of 54 patients have recovered and have been discharged as well. “For the past several days, the number of new daily cases is in a downward trend, which is encouraging,” he told the COVID-19 media conference here Tuesday. Dr Noor Hisham said to date, the cumulative number of recovered and discharged patients stood at 3,349 cases or 61.1 per cent of the total cases in the country. “The number of active cases is 2,041 and they have been isolated and are under treatment. Of the 57 new cases, 18 are imported cases by Malaysians who returned from abroad and the other 39 are local transmission,” he said. Dr Noor Hisham said at present, 43 patients are in the intensive care units with 27 needing breathing aid. Malaysia has been recording less than 100 daily positive cases since April 17 which saw 69 new cases reported on that day, 54 cases on April 18, 84 cases on April 19 and 36 cases yesterday (April 20). Meanwhile, Dr Noor Hisham said three more casualties recorded, bringing the death toll to 92 cases or 1.68 per cent of the total positive cases. He said the 90th death was a Malaysian woman, aged 72, with a history of diabetes and hypertension. “She was the mother of the case number 2,053. She was admitted to the Sungai Buloh Hospital on March 27 dan passed away yesterday at 1.47 pm. “The other death is a 69-year-old Malaysian man with a medical history of diabetes, hypertension and kidney disease. He was admitted to the Sarawak General Hospital on April 6 and died at 2.28 am today,” he said. The 92nd death was a 92-year-old man with a history of diabetes, hypertension and dementia. “He was a close contact of a COVID-19 positive patient. The man was admitted to the Kuala Lumpur Hospital on April 8 and pronounced dead at 1.30 am this morning,” he said. Dr Noor Hisham reminded Malaysians to continue to adhere to the Movement Control Order (MCO) and help the government to lower the number of cases of the COVID-19 transmission within the community. “Malaysians are also advised to continue to adopt optimum self-hygiene at all times and regularly wash your hands with water and sop and maintain social distancing of at least one metre from other people," he said. -- BERNAMA