COVID: 2,192 NEW CASES, SIX DEATHS MONDAY - HEALTH DG

22 Feb 2021

KUALA LUMPUR: The country recorded 2,192 COVID-19 new infections and six more fatalities overnight, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said. With the latest figures, the country’s COVID-19 case tally now stands at 285,761, of which 32,076 are active cases. In a statement on COVID-19 developments today, Dr Noor Hisham also said 3,414 recovery cases were recorded in the past 24 hours, taking the total number of recoveries to 252,623 cases.

Of the new infections, 2,189 were local transmissions involving 1,337 Malaysians and 852 foreigners while the three other infections were import cases involving two Malaysians and a foreigner, he said.

Selangor recorded the highest number of infections with 910 cases, followed by Kuala Lumpur (303 cases), Sarawak (221) and Johor (211).