People wearing masks walk on a street in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Dec. 28, 2020. The Malaysian government said Monday that it will extend the movement control order in several areas till Jan. 14 in order to control the spread of COVID-19. Meanwhile, Malaysia's Health Ministry reported 1,594 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the national total to 106,690. (Photo by Chong Voon Chung/Xinhua)
KUALA LUMPUR, Dec. 28 (Xinhua) -- The Malaysian government said Monday that it will extend the movement control order in several areas till Jan. 14 in order to control the spread of COVID-19.
Defense Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, who coordinates the implementation of COVID-19 restrictions in the Asian country, told a press briefing the extension of restrictions already in place in Kuala Lumpur, the adjacent Selangor state and the eastern state of Sabah.
Meanwhile, Malaysia's Health Ministry reported 1,594 new confirmed COVID-19 cases, bringing the national total to 106,690.
Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said at a separate press conference that three of the new cases are imported and 1,591 are local transmissions.
Three new deaths were reported, pushing the death toll to 455.
An additional 1,181 patients have recovered, bringing the total number of recoveries to 85,592, or 80.2 percent of all cases.
Of the remaining 20,643 active cases, 116 are being held in intensive care units and 53 of those are in need of assisted breathing.
