KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 6 — A staggering 1,755 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Malaysia today, with Sabah alone contributing to 1,199 infections or 68 percent of today’s positive cases.
In a post on his personal Facebook account today, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there was a sudden spike of cases in Sabah.
“Of the total of 1,199 positive cases reported (in Sabah), 564 cases were from prisons and a temporary detention centre,” he said.
According to the breakdown he gave, Sandakan Prison accounted for 184 cases while the temporary detention centre in Tawau contributed 372 cases and Kepayan Prison eight.
This week, Sabah continued to be the major contributor to daily new Covid-19 infections in Malaysia where total case numbers have exceeded 36,000 some 10 months after the pandemic hit the nation.
With daily new cases during the week under review hovering between 600 and 1,000, they exceeded the 1,000 mark yesterday (1,009), Wednesday (1,032) and Tuesday (1,054).
Yesterday, Sabah accounted for 564 of the new cases (55.9 percent of new cases reported yesterday); Wednesday 646 cases (62.6 percent); and Tuesday 678 cases (64.3 percent).
With the 1,755 new cases reported over the 24-hour period up to noon today, Malaysia’s total Covid-19 cases now stood at 38,189 and active cases at 11,530.
This week also saw an increase in the number of Covid-19 patients being discharged from the hospital, with the highest number – 1,000 – registered on Saturday (Oct 31).
Today, 726 patients recovered, bringing the total recovered cases to 26,380 (69.1 percent of total cases).
Yesterday 726 patients recovered, on Wednesday 820, Tuesday 875, Monday 900 and Sunday (November 1) 972.
— Bernama
