Malaysia reports 1,186 new COVID-19 infections, 7 new deaths
Sep 27, 2022
Kuala Lumpur [Malaysia], September 27: Malaysia reported 1,186 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Monday, bringing the national total to 4,833,008, according to the Health Ministry.
There is one new imported case, with 1,185 cases being local transmissions, data released on the ministry's website showed.
Another seven deaths have been reported, pushing the death toll to 36,357.
The ministry reported 1,690 new recoveries, bringing the total number of cured and discharged to 4,772,630.
There are 24,021 active cases, with 52 being held in intensive care and 35 of those in need of assisted breathing.
The country reported 1,390 vaccine doses administered on Monday alone, and 86 percent of the population have received at least one dose, 84.2 percent are fully vaccinated and 49.7 percent have received the first booster and 1.5 percent have received the second booster.
Source: Xinhua
