MCO day 62: New daily Covid-19 cases at 47

PUTRAJAYA, 18 May 2020:

The Malaysian Ministry of Health (MoH) has reported 47 new positive Covid-19 cases as of noon today, bringing the cumulative figure to 6,941.

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 21 of the new cases are foreigners.

“The number of positive Covid-19 cases in Malaysia stands at 6,941, with 1,213 being active cases with infectivity,” he told a daily news conference here today.

He said 44 cases have recovered and were discharged today, bringing the total number of recoveries to 5,615, or 80.9% of the positive cases.

Dr Noor Hisham said no fatalities were reported in the same 24-hour period, keeping the death toll at 113.

– Bernama