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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 25 — Covid-19 cases in Malaysia jumped to 22,642 today, an increase of 1,805 in the last 24 hours.
Sabah recorded over 3,000 cases for the second day in a row. Outside of Selangor, it was the state with the highest statistics for today, numbering at 3,224.
This was followed by Kedah which logged 2,279 cases.
Selangor maintained the state with the most cases at 6,325.
Other states recording over 1,000 cases Johor (1,832), Sarawak (1,667), Penang (1,427), Kelantan (1,424), Perak (1,390), and Kuala Lumpur (1,128).
The remaining states registering new cases are Terengganu (744), Pahang (522), Melaka (342), Negri Sembilan (269), Perlis (44), Putrajaya (21) and Labuan (four).
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that of the 22,642 cases today, only five were imported.
He said that 19,028 or 84.1 per cent of the cases today involve locals, while 3,609 or 15.9 per cent involve foreigners.
He also revealed that only 478 or 2.1 per cent of the cases are in categories 3, 4 and 5, while the remaining 22,164 or 97.9 per cent are in categories 1 and 2.
“Overall, 18,143 or 80.1 per cent of the cases involve those who have either received one dose of the Covid-19 vaccine or have not gotten their vaccination at all,” he said.
He also shared that the nationwide rate of infection currently stands at 1.02, with Perlis still the state logging the highest rate of infection, 1.28.
This is followed by Sarawak, at 1.22, and Sabah, at 1.21. Every other state recorded a rate of infection higher than 1.0 except Selangor, Kuala Lumpur, Putrajaya, Labuan and Negri Sembilan.
Another 265 deaths were also recorded today, bringing the total number of deaths from Covid-19 in the country to 14,818 or 0.92 per cent of all cases.
He said that of the 265 deaths, 105 were from cases in Selangor, 39 from Johor, 23 from Sabah, 19 from Kedah, 18 each from Penang and Kuala Lumpur, 12 from Negri Sembilan, nine from Perak, six from Sarawak, five each from Pahang and Kelantan, four from Melaka and two from Terengganu.
“There are 1,003 Covid-19 patients currently being treated in intensive care units (ICU), with 490 of them needing ventilators to help them breathe,” he said.
Dr Noor Hisham also shared that 42 new Covid-19 clusters were detected in the country over the past 24 hours.
Johor was the state that recorded the highest number of clusters, with nine clusters, followed by Kelantan with eight and Selangor with seven.
He added that of the 42 new clusters, 23 were related to workplaces, 13 from community clusters, five from high risk groups and one from a holding facility.
He highlighted that the 23 workplace clusters detected today contributed to 878 of the total number of cases.
Dr Noot Hisham disclosed that 20,798 people have recovered from the deadly disease over the past 24 hours.
This brings the total number of recoveries from Covid-19 in the country to 1,337,134 or 82.7 per cent.
