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KUALA LUMPUR, March 26 — The Health Ministry announced 1,275 new Covid-19 infections and one death in the last 24-hour period.
Its director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham said in a statement that out of the total number of infections today, 32 cases were imported. This also means that there are currently 14,269 active cases in Malaysia.
Selangor tops the list once more, with the highest number of infections at 478, followed by Sarawak (213) and Penang (137).
Other states that also reported infections are Johor (120), Kelantan and Kuala Lumpur (86 each), Sabah (51), Perak (28), Kedah (27), Melaka (19), Negri Sembilan (12), Pahang (six), Labuan (five), Terengganu (three), and Perlis and Putrajaya (two each).
Dr Noor Hisham said 161 patients require intensive care, including 70 on ventilators.
Another 1,509 people have fully recovered and been discharged as of today, giving the country 323,925 cumulative recoveries.
The latest Covid-19 death involved a 74-year-old local man with various medical conditions, such as diabetes, stroke, high-blood pressure and severe kidney problems.
Meanwhile, Putrajaya detected 13 new clusters in the last 24 hours, bringing the total number of active clusters to 393.
Of the new clusters announced today, 11 were detected at workplaces, while the remaining two were spread within the community.
“The clusters with the highest increase in new cases today are the Tapak Bina Persiaran Freesia cluster (50 cases) and Persiaran Cassia Selatan cluster (33 cases),” he said, while also confirming that 14 clusters ended today.
