Malaysia's New COVID Cases Continue To Drop To 10,959

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 27 (Bernama) -- Malaysia's new COVID-19 cases in the past 24 hours as at 12 noon Monday continue to fall with 10,959 cases reported. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a post on social media said new infections reduced by 2,145 cases compared 13,104 cases Sunday. “The latest development takes the cumulative total of COVID-19 cases in the country to 2,209,194 cases,” he said. Sarawak state recorded the highest daily cases with 2,723 followed by Johor (1,226); Kelantan (983); Selangor (979); Penang (793); Sabah (751); Pahang (739) and Perak (713). Apart from that, Terengganu logged 691 cases followed by Kedah (660); Melaka (346); Kuala Lumpur (176); Negeri Sembilan (110); Perlis (51) and Putrajaya (18) while no cases were reported in Labuan. Dr Noor Hisham also said the occupancy of intensive care unit (ICU) beds at COVID-19 hospitals throughout the country as at Sunday was at 68 per cent of the 1,543 beds while non-ICU beds was 59 per cent out of the 16,677 beds. -- BERNAMA