Covid-19: 54 new cases, 135 recovered
PUCHONG: Malaysia recorded 54 new Covid-19 cases today (April 18), taking the total number of confirmed infections in the country to 5,305.
This is the third time this week that the country has recorded only double-digit figures for new cases in a 24-hour span.
At the Health Ministry’s daily Covid-19 briefing, Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah also announced that Malaysia had discharged 135 more patients as of noon Saturday.
So far, 3,102 patients have recovered from Covid-19 in Malaysia since the outbreak began, which means there are only 2,115 active cases currently being treated at the country’s health facilities.
