COVID-19 Malaysia : 19627 Cases, 12561 Healed, 180 Dead

Malaysia today reported a record 869 new COVID-19 cases and 4 deaths, but also discharged 302 patients who fully recovered!

Here are the COVID-19 updates for Malaysia on 17 October 2020…

 

COVID-19 In Malaysia : 302 Patients Discharged!

At 6 PM today, the Malaysia Ministry of Health announced that another 302 patients fully recovered from COVID-19, and were discharged today!

That means a total of 12,561 COVID-19 patients have fully recovered in Malaysia so far! That’s a recovery rate of 64.0%.

 

COVID-19 In Malaysia : 869 New Cases!

The surge continues with a record 869 new COVID-19 cases!

• 0 case imported from overseas
• 869 local cases
  – 451 cases in Sabah : 234 from close contact screening, 54 from existing clusters, 2 from new Teduh Cluster, 161 from assorted screening.
  – 189 cases in Penang : 186 from existing clusters, 3 from close contact screening.
  – 159 cases in Selangor : 89 from existing clusters, 23 from new Keladi Cluster, 23 from close contact screening, 8 from new Menara Cluster, 2 from screening of returnees from high-risk area, 14 from assorted screening.
  – 38 cases in Kedah : 37 from Tembok Cluster, 1 from Bah Lunas Cluster.
  – 15 cases in KL : 7 from close contact screening, 4 from new Sentral Cluster, 3 from new Menara Cluster, 1 from symptomatic screening
  – 4 cases in Sarawak : from Bah Arnab Cluster
  – 4 cases in Perak : 2 from existing cluster, 1 from new Menara Cluster, 1 from Immigration Detention Centre screening
  – 3 cases in Terengganu : all from Bah Bemban Cluster
  – 2 cases in Johor : 1 from Buntar Cluster, 1 from close contact screening
  – 2 cases in Putrajaya : 1 from new Menara Cluster, 1 from Buntar Cluster
  – 1 case in Negeri Sembilan : from close contact screening
  – 1 case in Melaka : from close contact screening

This raises the total number of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia to 19,627, with 6,886 active cases – a shocking increase of 563 cases, and the second day Malaysia has above 6000 active cases for the first time during the Recovery MCO period.

They also shared that there are eight fewer patients in the ICU – 91 cases right now, and one less patient requiring respiratory support – 30 cases right now.

Here is the breakdown of cases, according to states. Sabah is at the top with 6,737 cases, followed by Selangor with 3,173 cases, Kuala Lumpur with 2,839 cases, and Kedah with 1,928 cases.

 

COVID-19 In Malaysia : FOUR Deaths Today

The Malaysia Ministry of Health announced FOUR deaths today, which means a total of 180 people have died from COVID-19 in Malaysia – a mortality rate of 0.92%.

Death #177 : Case 11,860 was a 78 year-old Malaysian male with a history of hypertension and chronic kidney disease. He passed away in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Death #178 : Case 14,976 was an 88 year-old Malaysian male with a history of hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and stroke. He passed away in the Queen Elizabeth Hospital.

Death #179 : Case 16,652 was a 71 year-old Malaysian female, who died in the Tawau Hospital.

Death #180 : Case 19,209 was a 53 year-old foreign male who died in the Duchess of Kent Hospital.

 

COVID-19 Deaths In Malaysia So Far

• Case 178 : 34 year-old Malaysian male who attended the Tabligh congregation.
• Case 358 : 60 year-old Malaysian male with a history of chronic illness.
• Case 152 : 58 year-old Malaysian male who attended the Tabligh congregation.
• Case 238 : 50 year-old Malaysian male who attended the Tabligh congregation.
• Case 1031 : 79 year-old Malaysian female with close contact with two COVID-19 positive cases.
• Case 1032 : 40 year-old Malaysian female, who was daughter of Case 1031.
• Case 290 : 57 year-old Malaysian male with history of travel to Vietnam, and contact with Tabligh participant.
• Case 781 : 69 year-old Malaysian male from the Tabligh gathering cluster.
• Case 890 : 48 year-old Malaysian male with history of travel to Turkey.
• Case 259 : 74 year-old Malaysian male from the Tabligh gathering cluster.
• Case 1070 : 70 year-old Malaysian male, with history of foreign travel.
• Case 1114 : 70 year-old Malaysian male who attended the Tabligh congregation.
• Case 1006 : 49 year-old Malaysian male, who was son of Case 1031.
• Case 595 : 51 year-old Malaysian female, close contact of a COVID-19 positive Tabligh participant.
• Case 1519 : 71 year-old Malaysian male, close contact of a COVID-19 positive Tabligh participant.
• Case 1334 : 75 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source
• Case 1251 : 66 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 1625 : 56 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 1246 : 68 year-old Malaysian female, unknown source.
• Case 780 : 76 year-old Malaysian male who attended the Tabligh congregation.
• Case 1588 : 63 year-old Malaysian male who attended the Tabligh congregation.
• Case 1797 : 48 year-old Malaysian male who attended the Tabligh congregation.
• Case 1480 : 62 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 1056 : 35 year-old Malaysian male, with history of travel to Indonesia.
• Case 2031 : 83 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 1321 : 53 year-old Malaysian male, close contact of Case 1309.
• Case 2162 : 61 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 2321 : 91 year-old Malaysian female, unknown source.
• Case 2123 : 64 year-old Malaysian female, unknown source.
• Case 2322 : 76 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 2323 : 27 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 1239 : 50 year-old Malaysian male who attended the Tabligh congregation.
• Case 1249 : 37 year-old Malaysian male, with history of travel to India.
• Case 737 : 77 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 1952 : 57 year-old Malaysian male with history of travel to Indonesia.
• Case 1941 : 47 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 2471 : 46 year-old Malaysian female, unknown source.
• Case 2269 : 48 year-old Malaysian female, close contact of Case 2750.
• Case 2626 : 69 year-old Malaysian man with history of travel to Saudi Arabia.
• Case 2627 : 69 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 1275 : 40 year-old Indonesian male, unknown source.
• Case 2628 : 81 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 2629 : 73 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 193 : 80 year-old Malaysian female, close contact of Case 115.
• Case 1053 : 62 year-old Malaysian male, close contact of Case 486
• Case 2909 : 37 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 2910 : 78 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 2572 : 85 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 1273 : 61 year-old Malaysian male, close contact of Case 2107.
• Case 1767 : 69 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 2561 : 84 year-old Malaysian female, unknown source.
• Case 2122 : 52 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 2034 : 73 year-old Malaysian female, unknown source.
• Case 2149 : 85 year-old Malaysian female, unknown source.
• Case 860 : 66 year-old Malaysian female, unknown source.
• Case 2850 : 56 year-old Malaysian male, close contact of Case 1031.
• Case 1575 : 61 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 2210 : 72 year-old Malaysian male, close contact of Case 1031.
• Case 3484 : 68 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 3073 : 53 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 2200 : 66 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 3663 : 67 year-old Malaysian male, close contact of Cases 1265, 1266, 1267, 1404 and 2549.
• Case 3794 : 71 year-old Malaysian male, history of attending a religious gathering in Sulawesi, Indonesia
• Case 2903 : 58 year-old Malaysian female, unknown source.
• Case 1906 : 69 year-old Pakistani male who attended the Tabligh congregation.
• Case 2798 : 59 year-old Malaysian male who attended the Tabligh congregation.
• Case 2864 : 23 year-old Malaysian female, close contact with Cases 2469 and 2470, and part of the Kuching church conference cluster.
• Case 694 : 62 year-old Malaysian male, a close contact of Case 159 who attended the Tabligh congregation.
• Case 4229 : 77 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 4230 : 88 year-old Malaysian female, a close contact of Case 1684.
• Case 3091 : 66 year-old Malaysian male, a close contact of Case 452 who attended the Tabligh congregation.
• Case 537 : 71 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 2399 : 63 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 4531 : 54 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 3469 : 90 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 4314 : 47 year-old Malaysian female, unknown source.
• Case 2797 : 62 year-old Malaysian male, close contact of Case 703 who attended the Tabligh congregation.
• Case 4532 : male of unknown citizenship and age, unknown source.
• Case 2052 : 65 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 4818 : 63 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 4521 : 74 year-old Malaysian female, close contact of Case 4088 who attended the Tabligh congregation.
• Case 1649 : 81 year-old Malaysian male, close contact of Case 4088 who attended the Tabligh congregation.
• Case 4988 : 69 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 4711 : 66 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 5064 : 85 year-old Malaysian male, close contact of Case 4657 from the Bali PUI cluster.
• Case 5183 : 85 year-old Malaysian male, close contact of Case 2321.
• Case 2657 : 60 year-old Malaysian male, unknown source.
• Case 5252 : 36 year-old Myanmarese male, unknown source.
• Case 4769 : 51 year-old Malaysian male, close contact of Case 2726.
• Case 2050 : 72 year-old Malaysian female, close contact (mother) of Case 2053.
• Case 4090 : 69 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 5332 : 92 year-old Malaysian male, close contact of Case 4711.
• Case 5483 : 72 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 3871 : 32 year-old Malaysian female, close contact of Case 3662.
• Case 4129 : 67 year-old Malaysian male, close contact of Case 1575
• Case 2978 : 61 year-old Malaysian male, close contact of Case 1345.
• Case 2354 : 61 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 2806 : 62 year-old Malaysian female, close contact of Case 1346.
• Case 4087 : 78 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 3628 : 67 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 4657 : 64 year-old Malaysian male, close contact of Case 4476 from the Bali PUI cluster.
• Case 5282 : 72 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 5441 : 66 year-old Malaysian male, close contact of Case 4818.
• Case 5539 : 82 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 5837 : 64 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 830 : 47 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 2380 : 51 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 2499 : 74 year-old Malaysian female, close contact of Case 1276.
• Case 6657 : 63 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 6743 : 30 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 5165 : 90 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 6780 : 39 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 6856 : 53 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 6942 : 77 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 3616 : 65 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 7733 : 61 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 2296 : 79 year-old Malaysian female, close contact of Case 1508.
• Case 824 : 61 year-old Malaysian male who attended the Tabligh congregation.
• Case 8370 : 85 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 8403 : 96 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 7468 : 67 year-old Indian male, Bukit Jalil DTI detainee
• Case 8702 : 72 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 8770 : 72 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 8743 : 63 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 8974 : 64 year-old Filipino male, unknown cause.
• Case 9290 : 76 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 9124 : 62 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 9174 : 80 year-old Malaysian female, Tawar Cluster.
• Case 10,145 : 50 year-old Filipino female, unknown cause.
• Case 9578 : 82 year-old Malaysian male, close contact of Cases 9458 and 9547.
• Case 10495 : 48 year-old Indonesian female, unknown cause.
• Case 10493 : 54 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 9224 : 72 year-old Malaysian male, close contact of Case 9124 (Death #127) from the Tawar Cluster.
• Case 10491 : 81 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 11,207 : 64 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 11,185 : 70 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 10,939 : 57 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 11,154 : 60 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 12,431 : 60 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 12,432 : 1 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 13,067 : 85 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 12,489 : 55 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 13,692 : 75 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 13,705 : 57 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 14,261 : 82 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 14,264 : 53 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 12,991 : 54 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 14,028 : 68 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 14,151 : 66 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 14,640 : 58 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 14,641 : 57 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 14,642 : 64 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 14,038 : 61 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 14,974 : 54 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 14,999 : 51 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 14,259 : 67 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 15,584 : 63 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 15,947 : 85 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 15,948 : 48 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 16,315 : 84 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 16,316 : 83 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 16,662 : 36 year-old foreign female, unknown cause.
• Case 16,663 : 59 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 11,152 : 80 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 17,307 : 63 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 17,308 : 73 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 17,309 : 47 year-old foreign female, unknown cause.
• Case 12,170 : 54 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 15,303 : 68 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 13,844 : 100 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 11,628 : 66 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 15,853 : 72 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 18,618 : 39 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 18,616 : 74 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 18,617 : 67 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 18,676 : 52 year-old foreign male, unknown cause.
• Case 11,860 : 78 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 14,976 : 88 year-old Malaysian male, unknown cause.
• Case 16,652 : 71 year-old Malaysian female, unknown cause.
• Case 19,209 : 53 year-old foreign male, unknown cause.

 

Day 128 Of COVID-19 RMCO In Malaysia

Today marks the 128th day of the Recovery Movement Control Order (RMCO) which will last until 31 December, 2020.

Under RMCO, most businesses are allowed to reopen, with a new normal of restrictions on social distancing and other measures.

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Interstate travel is now allowed (except to Enhanced MCO / administrative restricted areas), as well as many sports facilities.

The Malaysian government has so far announced several Enhanced MCOs :

• 3 Zones In PJ Old Town : 10 May until 23 May 2020
• 6 Parcels In Selayang Baru : 25 April until 3 May 2020
• 8 Parcels In Pusat Bandar Utara : 20 April until 3 May 2020
• Whole Masjid India Area : 14 April until 28 April 2020
• Selangor Mansion + Malayan Mansion : 7 April 2020 indefinitely
• Menara City One : 31 March until 13 April 2020
• Hulu Langat : 30 March until 13 April 2020
• Two areas in Simpang Renggam : 27 March until 9 April 2020
• 28 towns in Kedah + Tawau Prison : 11 September until 25 September 2020
• Lahad Datu, Tawau, Kunak and Semporna : 29 September until 12 October 2020
• Kota Kinabalu, Penampang and Putatan : 7 October indefinitely
• Klang, Sandakan, Papar + Tuaran : 9 October until 23 October 2020

They also announced Administrative Enhanced MCO for two areas in Banting, a section of Chow Kit, some residential areas in Selayang and Pudu.

 

COVID-19 : How To Keep Safe!

Here are a few simple steps to stay safe from COVID-19 :

• Avoid suspected cases or disease hotpots, like hospitals, if possible!
• Avoid public events and crowds
• Keep our hands clean with soap or hand sanitiser
• Keep our home, office, vehicles, etc. clean
• If you need to wear a surgical mask, make sure you put it on and remove it properly!
• Wash your food with water (and soap) after purchase and before preparation

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