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He said he was certain there weren’t any private hospitals delaying in sending data to the relevant government agency.
“This is something that we are not aware of and as far as private hospitals are concerned, we do not delay and report the cases as soon as we get the Covid-19 test results.
“It is our obligation to report them immediately and that is what we have been doing, ’’ added Dr Kuljit.
He was responding to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah’s statement that the spike in Covid-19 numbers recently was due to a delay in reporting cases to the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre.
Tuesday, 02 Feb 2021 06:24 PM MYT
BY IDA LIM
Health workers collect swab samples to test for Covid-19 at Selcare Clinic in Shah Alam February 2, 2021. Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
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KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 2 Malaysia today recorded its highest daily number of deaths from the Covid-19 pandemic at 21 deaths today.
The number of new cases in the last 24 hours is 3,455, based on the Health Ministry’s latest figures.
With the addition of the 3,455 cases, the cumulative total of Covid-19 cases recorded in Malaysia so far is 222,628.
Five of the 3,455 new cases today are imported involving three Malaysians and two foreigners, while the remaining 3,450 are local cases involving 2,068 Malaysians (59.9 per cent) and 1,382 non-citizens (40.1 per cent).
Tuesday, 02 Feb 2021 12:52 PM MYT
BY EMMANUEL SANTA MARIA CHIN
Khaled warned that without a proper and more sustainable strategy to handle the current onslaught of infections, the country risks overwhelming its healthcare system to the point of collapse. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR,, Feb 2 Umno’s Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin today urged the government to map out new strategies to combat the raging Covid-19 pandemic, including appointing a new “czar” to coordinate all related efforts.
The Umno vice president said despite the commendable efforts of Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah since the start of the pandemic, Covid-19 has gone beyond a health issue and deteriorated into a complex problem of national importance.
There was a record high 21 deaths due to Covid-19, the highest number of fatalities in a single day by far.
The number of patients under intensive care also went up to an unprecedented figure of 327, with 145 requiring ventilator support.
In a statement, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Malaysia s Covid-19 death toll was now 791. Of the 21 deaths recorded, 12 were in Selangor. The rest were in Sabah (four), Johor (two), Kuala Lumpur (two) and Kedah (one). All but one death involved Malaysian citizens, said Dr Noor Hisham.
Those who died were aged 36 to 83.
A majority of them suffered from co-morbidities such as diabetes, high blood pressure and chronic kidney disease.
PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry said seven new Covid-19 clusters have been detected in the country, six of which are workplace-related.
In his daily Covid-19 updates on Tuesday (Feb 2), Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there are now 404 active clusters nationwide being monitored by the ministry.
One of the new clusters in Selangor, the Tapak Bina Jalan Cheras cluster, is linked to workers at a construction site.
Following a targeted screening exercise involving 823 individuals linked to the site, 332 positive cases were detected.
Another, the Jalan Ragum cluster, has 219 positive cases among factory workers.
Dr Noor Hisham said the cases were discovered from a targeted screening exercise conducted at the Shah Alam factory from Jan 16.