10 New Cases Of COVID-19 Patients Confirmed In Malaysia
The new cases were recorded after the largest single-day increase of confirmed cases on Friday.
By Sadho Ram — 07 Mar 2020, 06:15 PM
There are now 10 new confirmed cases of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, the Ministry of Health said today, 7 March
The 10 new cases have been recorded today after the largest single-day increase of confirmed cases on Friday when 28 new coronavirus cases were recorded in the country.
The latest information has brought the total number of cases to 93.
Of those infected, 23 have made full recovery and have been discharged from local hospitals.
All the 10 cases are linked to "patient 33"
The "patient 33" is a 58-year-old male who travelled to Kuching for a meeting on 16 February and is a close contact of "patient 26", the Khazanah Nasional executive director Hisham Hamdan, according to MOH.
Malaysiakini reported that of the 10 new cases, four are in the first wave of close contacts with "patient 33", while six others are in the second wave of close contacts.
