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Covid-19: Six new cases

KUALA LUMPUR: Only two of the six new Covid-19 cases reported to the Health Ministry as of noon today were due to local transmissions and both involved Malaysians.

The six new cases were detected in Kedah, Sabah and Kuala Lumpur, bringing the total number of Covid-19 cases in the country to 9,391.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the imported cases involved two Malaysians and two non-citizens.

"A total of 21 patients have been discharged from the hospitals, bringing the total recoveries in the country to 9,113 or 97 per cent of the total cases," said Dr Noor Hisham in a statement today.

A total of 150 active cases, he said, are still being treated at healthcare facilities around the country.

"Five patients are being treated at the Intensive Care Units, of which three of them require breathing assistance," he said.

The Covid-19 death toll in the country remained at 128 after no fatalities were reported to the ministry today.

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