Covid-19: Recoveries outnumber new cases for fifth straight day

PUTRAJAYA: The number of Covid-19 recoveries in the country continued to outnumber new cases for the fifth day in a row on Monday (Feb 15).

Read more here: Covid-19: 2,176 new cases, 10 fatalities bring death toll to 975

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia recorded 4,521 recoveries and 2,176 new cases within a 24-hour period up to noon.

The 2,176 cases is the country’s lowest daily figure since Jan 5, before the second movement control order (MCO) was implemented on Jan 13.

It is also the second day in a row that new cases numbered below 3,000.

Dr Noor Hisham said Selangor continued to record the highest figure among the states, with 910 new cases or 41.8% of the country’s total.

“Out of this total, 724 cases or 79.6% of Selangor’s cases are those uncovered from clusters as well as contact tracing activities.

“Johor recorded the second highest number with 286 cases (12.4%), followed by Sarawak with 246 cases (11.3%),” said Dr Noor Hisham.

He said only one case was an imported infection, while the rest were local transmissions.

Dr Noor Hisham said 64 new cases on Monday were linked to outbreaks in prisons, lockups and detention centres.

There were also 10 new deaths to Covid-19, of which five were in Selangor, two in Kuala Lumpur and one each in Sabah, Johor and Perak.

Dr Noor Hisham said all the deceased are Malaysians, aged between 57 and 96.

With recoveries outpacing new cases, the number of active cases went down from 51,783 on Feb 11 to 47,135 on Feb 15.

The number of patients in intensive care units is currently 260, with 112 on ventilator support.