Covid-19: 48 new cases, almost half from Semenyih immigration depot

CORONAVIRUS | The Health Ministry today reported 48 new Covid-19 cases in the last 24 hours up until noon today.

Its director-general, Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the cases comprise four imported and 44 local transmissions.

Of the local transmissions, 19 involve Malaysians and 25 were foreigners.

The majority of infections involving foreigners were traced to the Semenyih immigration detention depot where 21 people were tested positive for Covid-19.

He said no new death was reported in the same period, keeping the death toll at 115 people.

Noor Hisham said the government is treating the Semenyih immigration detention depot as an enhanced movement control order area even though there has been no official declaration.

"We have taken 1,752 samples (for tests) comprising 1,631 detainees and 121 staff. So far 21 have tested positive," he told a press conference in Putrajaya today.

He said no new death was reported in the same period, keeping the death toll at 115 people.

Noor Hisham also reported 53 new recoveries today, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,912 or 82.1 percent of total cases.

A total of 1,158 patients are still under treatment. From this number, nine are in the intensive care unit and five patients require ventilators to breathe.

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