Covid-19 Watch: 10,177 new cases reported, bringing total to 4,317,706

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia detected 10,177 new Covid-19 infections on Saturday (April 9), bringing the cumulative total number of cases in the country to 4,317,706 since the pandemic began.

The Health Ministry's CovidNow portal reported that there were only 53 imported cases on Saturday, while the remaining 10,124 infections were locally transmitted.

The ministry's GitHub data repository also showed that this is the eighth day in a row that Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases have been below the 15,000 mark.

Recoveries continued to outpace new infections, with CovidNow reporting that there were 15,132 recoveries on Saturday.

This brings the cumulative number of recoveries in the country to 4,128,963 cases since the pandemic began.

The portal also said there were 153,463 active Covid-19 infections in the country, with 97.7%, or 149,994 patients, observing home quarantine and another 0.2%, or 310 individuals, being treated at low-risk quarantine and treatment centres.

Some 2,964 individuals, or 1.9% of active infections, are currently seeking treatment at hospitals nationwide, while there 195 patients, or 0.2%, have been warded in intensive care units (ICU).

The CovidNow portal reported that of the ICU admissions, 87 are unventilated, while 107 require ventilator support.

Meanwhile, data from GitHub shows that there were 21 deaths due to Covid-19 on Saturday, with none reported as brought-in-dead (BID). This is the first time since Feb 3, 2022, that the country has recorded zero BID cases.

Johor recorded the most Covid-19 deaths on Saturday, with four cases, followed by Selangor, Pahang and Kedah (three each).