Malaysia records another reduction of new daily COVID-19 cases today. As of 12pm today, there are 38 new cases which brings the total number to 5,780. This is the second-lowest number of new cases this week. Fortunately, there are no new deaths reported today and the current death toll remains at 98 (1.7%).
For five consecutive days, Malaysia has recorded more recoveries than new cases daily. Today there are 100 cases that have recovered, and there are a total of 3,862 recoveries so far. The current recovery rate is 66.82% and there are 1,820 active cases remaining in the country. 36 cases are currently in ICU with 15 requiring respiratory support.
The Ministry of Health has shared that a total of 21,466 COVID-19 tests were conducted at EMCO areas until today. Out of these numbers, 638 were found positive which is 2.97%. Out of these numbers, 388 cases are non-Malaysians (61%) while the remaining 250 cases (39%) are Malaysians.
Among the new cases in EMCO areas are 9 cases are Pusat Bandar Utara including Pasar Borong Kuala Lumpur, 5 cases at Malayan Mansion, 1 case in Menara City One Plaza. There are no new cases in Perlis, Kedah, Perak, Pahang, Terengganu, Kelantan, Sabah and Labuan today.
Since early this month, all returning Malaysians from overseas have to undergo mandatory quarantine at designated quarantine zones for 2 weeks. A total of 12,672 people were tested and 139 were found positive (1.1%). Out of these numbers, 99 were returning from Indonesia, 14 from the United Kingdom, 13 from Singapore, 5 from Turkey, 3 from the Netherlands, 2 two United States and one each from Thailand, France and Bangladesh.
Today marks ten straight days of less than 100 new daily cases. As warned by the Heath director-general, COVID-19 cases could surge if Malaysians let their guards down. Malaysians are reminded to obey the movement control order which is currently extended until 12th of May 2020. Malaysia is expected to receive 200,000 rapid testing kits from South Korea which will enable mass testing. At the moment, it is reported that Malaysia is currently doing nearly 15,000 tests per day.
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