Jakarta –
Malaysia recorded a new daily death record for COVID-19. The daily death toll reached 138 cases on Saturday (17/7), bringing a cumulative total of 6,866 COVID-19 deaths since the start of the pandemic.
As reported The Star and Bernama, Sunday (18/7/2021) Director General of Health Malaysia Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that of the total 138 deaths, 128 of them were Malaysian citizens. Meanwhile, 10 other cases were experienced by foreign nationals (foreigners).
Meanwhile, daily COVID-19 cases were reported to have reached 12,528, of which 12,509 were local transmissions, while 19 were imported cases.
“Currently there are 119,814 active cases, while the total number of Covid-19 patients being treated in the ICU is 908 people with 425 of them experiencing respiratory problems,” he said.
For recovery, a total of 6,629 people have recovered, bringing the total recovered cases to 779,171 so far.
More than 98% of new daily cases of COVID-19 on Saturday (17/7) were asymptomatic, or had only mild symptoms. More than half of the new cases (6,840) or 54.6% were classified as Category 1 (asymptomatic), and 5,468 cases (43.6%) were in Category 2 (mild symptoms).
A total of 112 cases or 0.9% belonged to Category 3 (experiencing pneumonia), and 44 cases (0.4%) were included in Category 4, meaning they had pneumonia and needed oxygen.
A total of 64 cases, or 0.5% were in Category 5, meaning they were critical cases requiring a ventilator.
The following is the Daily Death Case Data for COVID-19 Malaysia on Saturday (17/7) delivered by Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah:
1. 46 deaths in Selangor
2. 20 deaths in Negeri Sembilan
3. 16 deaths in Kuala Lumpur
4. 16 deaths in Johor
5. 12 deaths in Pahang
6. 11 deaths in Melaka
7. 7 deaths in Kedah
8. 4 deaths in Perak
9. 3 deaths in Penang
10. 2 deaths in Terengganu
11. 1 death in Sabah
Residents Malaysia Asked not to trigger new clusters ahead of Eid al-Adha
Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, warned Malaysians not to trigger new clusters by visiting each other or traveling outside the country’s borders during the celebration of Eid al-Fitr. According to him, many COVID-19 clusters arose due to negligent behavior during previous similar celebrations.
“The Ministry of Health urges the public to be vigilant and not to repeat irresponsible attitudes, especially during the celebration of Eid al-Adha which will fall on Tuesday (20 July). The public is reminded that the ban on travel across districts and between states is still in effect. Likewise prohibition of visits to celebrate Eid al-Adha. Don’t let the excitement of celebrating Aidiladha make us all ‘sacrifice’ for COVID-19,” he said in a written statement.
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