KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 21 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia reported 57 new COVID-19 infections, the Health Ministry said on Monday, bringing the national total to 10,276.
Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a press statement that six of the new cases are imported and 51 are local transmissions.
Health authorities also detected one new case cluster, traced to a healthcare worker in the northern Borneo state of Sabah, with five testing positive so far.
Another 40 patients have been released after recovery, bringing the total cured and discharged to 9,395, or 91.4 percent of all cases.
Of the remaining 751 active cases, nine are being held in intensive care and two of those are in need of assisted breathing.
No new deaths have been reported, leaving the total deaths at 130. Enditem
