News by Syafiqah Salim

He also denied the accusations of a private doctor who reportedly claimed that the authorities had failed to protect the healthcare workers and frontliners because of a shortage of personal protective equipment or PPEs.

Meanwhile, one fatality was reported today, resulting in a total of 63 deaths from the disease.

He said this in a Facebook post amid concerns that animals could also be infected with the novel coronavirus that caused Covid-19.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the two main clusters have contributed to the increase in the total number of COVID-19 infections in the country. According to him, the two clusters have developed fifth generations of infections.

Meanwhile, 10.1% or 14 cases have Severe Acute Respiratory Infection (SARI) and mild symptoms, but they did not know of or had not made known their status previously. Of this group, two had not revealed that they had attended the tabligh gathering.

However, new infections continue to be recorded, with 142 new cases discovered as of noon today, which brings the total confirmed cases in the country to 2,908, according to the Director-General of Health Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

Based on an MoH infographic, Hulu Langat has the highest number of infections so far with 265 cases, while Lembah Pantai has 238 cases, placing them in the red zone category.

In a statement, health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah also reported six new deaths.

Meanwhile, 91 patients were discharged today — the highest single-day increase in recovered patients thus far — bringing the total number of people cured to 479.

In his Facebook posting at noon today, he said none of the healthcare workers’ source of infection has been linked to the management or treatment of COVID-19 patients.