Malaysia reports a fresh daily most of 2,335 COVID-19 cases
27 December, 2020
Malaysia recorded 2,335 new COVID-19 instances on Saturday (Dec 26), a new daily record.
Saturday's number took the country's total to 103,900, said health director-standard Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
Eleven latest clusters were detected - the highest ever recorded per day.
Kuala Lumpur logged the best quantity of new COVID-19 circumstances with 728 infections.
Elsewhere in the united states, the state of Selangor reported 710 new cases while the southern point out of Johor had 412 infections. The eastern talk about of Sabah recorded 248 new COVID-19 circumstances.
Two fatalities were as well reported on Saturday, acquiring the country's death toll from COVID-19 to 451.
A total of 108 COVID-19 patients are in the intensive care unit, with 50 requiring respiratory support, Dr Noor Hisham said.
Malaysia crossed the 100,000-tag on Thursday when 1,581 new COVID-19 cases were reported.
On Wednesday, Minister for Science, Technology and Innovation Khairy Jamaluddin said Malaysia was in foretells get 6.4 million doses of Russia's Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine and wants to increase its buys of the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
The country can be in final discussions with two Chinese vaccine manufacturers and is drawing up plans to set up ultra-cold storage in its tropical heat.
Malaysia is spending about US$500 million to buy plenty of vaccine doses to inoculate 26.5 million persons, or 82.8 % of its inhabitants. It has up to now got more than enough doses to inoculate 40 % of its people.
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