Covid-19: MoH Reports Over 800 Cases Today

A man wearing a face mask rides past a billboard about the COVID-19 novel coronavirus during the Movement Control Order, limiting the activities of people in Malaysia as a preventive measure against the spread of the coronavirus, in Kemaman, a district in Terengganu state on April 17, 2020. (Photo by Mohd RASFAN / AFP)

Today, the Ministry of Health have identified 851 new cases, bringing the total number of confirmed cases to 68,020 cases, with 10,686 active cases as of December 2. The 851 new cases are broken down as 4 imported and 847 domestic.

658 new case have recovered, bringing the total of recovered cases to 56,969. This also brings Malaysia to a recovery case percentage of 83.8 percent.

There are currently 122 cases being treated in the ICU, with 47 cases on ventilation support.

The total number of deaths from the coronavirus increases by 2 to a total of 365.