KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has recorded 20,670 new Covid-19 cases as of noon today, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
This is the fourth consecutive day that the country breached the 20,000 mark. The nation reported 20,780 cases on Aug 11, 21,668 cases on Aug 12 and 21,468 cases on Aug 13.
Dr Noor Hisham said of the new cases, eight were imported involving six Malaysians and two foreigners.
The imported cases comprised five that were detected in Selangor, and one each in Kuala Lumpur, Perak and Sarawak.
He said the total coronavirus cases in Malaysia now stood at 1,384,353, where 243,942 were active cases.
Selangor remained as the state with the highest number of new infections with 6,606 cases logged, followed by Kuala Lumpur (2,028), and Kedah (1,796).
Other states with four-digit cases were Sabah (1,752), Johor (1,425), Kelantan (1,370), Penang (1,251), and Perak (1,003).
Pahang reported 794 cases, Negri Sembilan (727), Sarawak (725), Terengganu (560), Melaka (521), Perlis (61), Putrajaya (51).
Labuan, the state with highest vaccination rate in the country, reported zero new cases today.
Dr Noor Hisham said 96.7 per cent or 19,994 cases were under Category 1 and 2, while 3.3 per cent or 676 were under Category 3,4 and 5.
"Only 2,646 cases or 12.8 per cent of the patients were fully vaccinated, two weeks after their second dose."
Today, Covid-19 claimed another 260 lives, taking the total death toll to 12,228. Of the total, 195 victims were Malaysians and 65 were foreigners, while 68 were brought-in-dead cases involving 37 Malaysians and 29 foreigners.
"Seventy-seven deaths were reported in Selangor, 56 in Kuala Lumpur, 50 in Johor, Perak (18), Negri Sembilan (16), Kedah (14), Sabah (10), Melaka (eight), Terengganu (five), Penang and Kelantan (two each), and one in Sarawak and Pahang," he said.
He added that 199 of them had medical history.
At the same time, 17,665 patients have recovered from the virus, taking the total to 1,128,183 (81.5 per cent).
"Currently, 1,096 cases are treated at the intensive care units where 540 needed ventilation support."