KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 26 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia reported 82 new COVID-19 infections, the Health Ministry said on Saturday, bringing the national total to 10,769.
Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a press statement that three of the new cases are imported and 79 are local transmissions, mostly reported from the northern Borneo state of Sabah where a number of clusters had been identified recently.
The ministry said domestic travelers from Sabah would be screened for COVID-19 from Sept. 27 to Oct. 10 after 11 returnees from the state tested positive on Saturday.
Sabah held a state legislative assembly election on Saturday, with voters and politicians travelling between the Malaysian Peninsula to the state in the run-up to the polling day.
The Health Ministry also reported that 89 patients have been released on Saturday after recovery, bringing the total cured and discharged to 9,785, or 90.9 percent of all cases.
Of the remaining 851 active cases, eight are being held in intensive care and four of those are in need of assisted breathing.
No new deaths have been reported, leaving the total deaths at 133. Enditem
