.jpg "Fire Dept personnel spray disinfectant at the Lembah Subang 1 People Housing Project in Subang February 4, 2021. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa")
KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 4 — Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases rose overnight to 4,571, the Health Ministry said today.
It said 17 more people died from the coronavirus as at 6pm today.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 4,568 were caused by local transmission and the remaining three are imported cases.
“From local cases, 3,177 or 69.5 percent are Malaysian citizens, 1,391 (30.5 per cent) are non-citizens,” he posted in his social media today.
Selangor continues to be state with almost half of the cases recorded today with 2,056 followed by Johor (664) and Kuala Lumpur (481).
The latest data raises the cumulative Covid-19 cases in the country to 231,483.
However, there are currently 48,771 active Covid-19 patients in the country who are being treated at the hospitals and quarantine centres.
Of that figure, 308 patients are in intensive care units, with 135 on ventilator support
The 17 deaths today also brought the total numbers of Malaysia’s Covid-19 death toll to 826.
The ministry said 4,092 Covid-19 patients were discharged today, putting the number of recoveries at 181,886 or 78.6 per cent.