COVID-19 Malaysia: 4,271 new cases, four deaths recorded

 COVID-19 Malaysia: 4,271 new cases, four deaths recorded

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of new cases of COVID-19 showed a slight decrease to 4,271 cases on Saturday compared to 4,860 cases the previous day.

It makes the number of daily new cases increase to 4.677 million cases since the pandemic hit the country.

According to KKM data on the COVIDNOW portal, four deaths were reported including one case involving a case outside the hospital facility, ' brought-in-dead ' (BID).

Active cases of COVID-19 in the country recorded a reduction of 1,286 cases with the latest total of 47,014 cases.

96.8 percent of the active cases or 45,487 are undergoing home quarantine.

A reported 1,446 cases were treated in hospital with 62 currently placed in the ICU ward.

34 of them require a ventilator.

The country also recorded 5,553 recovered cases.