Malaysia reports 21,468 new Covid-19 cases, 277 new deaths
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[KUALA LUMPUR]
MALAYSIA recorded 21,468 new Covid-19 infections, the Health Ministry said on Friday, bringing the national total to 1,363,683.
Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a statement that 25 of the new cases are imported and 21,443 are local transmissions.
Another 277 more deaths were reported, bringing the country's Covid-19 death toll to 11,968.
Another 17,025 patients were released after recovery, bringing the total number of recovered and discharged individuals to 1,110,528 or 81.4 per cent of all cases.
Of the remaining 241,187 active cases, 1,075 are in intensive care; 537 of those are in need of assisted breathing.
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The latest developments came amid calls from parents and medical experts to vaccinate teens ahead of the reopening of schools on Sept 1 and as the country is hit by a surge in infections. Schools were shut in early May after Covid-19 was found to have spread among students.
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