64 Omicron cases in Malaysia so far, says health D-G

 

Health director-general Hisham Abdullah said all Omicron cases – except one in Sarawak – were imported cases, detected from people coming into Malaysia from abroad.”

PETALING JAYA: A total of 64 cases of Covid-19 Omicron variant have been detected in Malaysia so far, says health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

“A total of 5,151 cases of the Delta variant, 233 cases of the Beta variant, and 14 cases of the Alpha variant were also detected; making up a total of 5,460 ‘Variants of Concern’ (VoC),” he said in a statement earlier today.

As for the number of ‘Variants of Interest’ (VoI) cases, he said there were 13 cases of the Theta variant, four cases of the Kappa variant, and three cases of the Eta variant, totalling 20 cases.

“All Omicron cases – except one case in Sarawak – were imported cases, detected from people coming into Malaysia from abroad.”

“The highest number of Omicron cases were found in Selangor (19) and Kuala Lumpur (17), followed by Sarawak (eight), Pahang (four), Negeri Sembilan (three), Perlis (three), Johor (two), Penang (two), Perak (two), Kedah (two), Melaka (one) and Terengganu (one),” he said.

The health DG also shared data which showed that Kelantan had the most Delta variant cases (60), followed by Perak (41), Penang (34), Johor (13), Negeri Sembilan (6), Pahang (5), Melaka (5), Terengganu (3), Kedah (3). - FMT