Covid-19 cases back above 17,000

by NURUL SUHAIDI / graphic by MZUKRI MOHAMAD

COVID-19 cases have gone back up yesterday to 17,105 after seeing a drop at 15,764 on Monday.

Selangor recorded 5,836 cases, a decrease from the day before while Kuala Lumpur’s daily cases increased to 2,309 cases.

These were followed by Johor with 1,275 cases, Sabah (1,010), Perak (967), Kelantan (915), Negri Sembilan (816), Penang (798) and Pahang (628).

More cases were also detected in Melaka (508), Sarawak (494), Terengganu (429), Labuan (5), Putrajaya (72) and Perlis (7).

Health DG Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a Facebook post, said the new cases pushed the country’s cumulative cases to more than 1.16 million, of which 203,664 were active cases.

Some 1,066 patients were admitted into the intensive care units with 537 needed respiratory support.

Yesterday’s death toll fell to 195 after Monday’s record of 219. This brings the total number of fatalities to 9,598. Meanwhile, 12,297 recoveries were recorded.

On vaccine development, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba on his Twitter post said as of Aug 2, more than 21.67 million vaccine doses have been administered under the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme.

Of the total, 223,479 individuals had received the first dose and 245,047 individuals were fully vaccinated.

“This equates to 44.3% of the country’s population having received the first dose and 22% completing the vaccination,” he added.

He attributed the numbers to the walk-in vaccinations that began on Monday.

Separately, several localities in Sabah, Terengganu and Pahang will be placed under the Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO) from tomorrow until Aug 18, Senior Foreign Minister (Security Cluster) Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein said in a statement.

Hishammuddin added that the EMCO for 12 localities in Sabah and one in Sarawak will end today as scheduled.

Meanwhile, it was reported that around 60 premises consisting of factories, business premises, construction sites and worker dormitories were ordered to close immediately for violating standard operating procedures.