{"id":5963,"date":"2020-09-17T18:54:36","date_gmt":"2020-09-17T10:54:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=5963"},"modified":"2020-09-17T18:54:41","modified_gmt":"2020-09-17T10:54:41","slug":"malaysia-records-21-new-cases-including-16-local-transmissions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=5963","title":{"rendered":"Malaysia records 21 new cases, including 16 local transmissions"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 17 — Malaysia recorded 21 new COVID-19 cases today, comprising 16 local infections and five imported cases, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the 16 local transmissions involve 15 Malaysians and one foreigner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Five of the cases were reported in Sabah, seven in Kedah, two in Penang, and one each in Selangor and Sarawak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“In\u00a0Sabah, two cases were from the Benteng LD Cluster involving a Malaysian and a non-citizen, one case of a Malaysian from the Selamat Cluster, a new cluster in Semporna, one case of\u00a0screening for admission to Hospital Tawau and one ship sign-off screening in Sipitang Port.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“In Kedah, six cases are from the Sungai Cluster involving Malaysians and one screening case in the administrative Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) in Kota Setar district, also a Malaysian,\u201d he said in a statement on COVID-19 updates here today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Noor Hisham said the local infections in Penang involved two Malaysians who were confirmed COVID-19 positive following screening of close contacts of case 9,397 who are family members staying in the same house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“One case in Selangor involves symptomatic screening at Hospital Sungai Buloh and in Sarawak, one case from screening at the international entry point, both being Malaysians,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said the five imported cases comprised two which were reported in Selangor after their return from New Zealand and three in Sabah who were infected in India, Pakistan and China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“This brings the number of positive cases to 10,052, with active cases having infectivity totalling 674,” he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said 15 cases had recovered today, raising the cumulative figure for recoveries to 9,250, or 92 per cent of the total number of cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dr Noor Hisham said no fatalities were reported today, keeping the death toll at 128, or 1.27 per cent of the total number of positive cases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He said 13 positive cases are still being treated in the Intensive Care Unit, with two requiring ventilator support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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