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Malaysia reports 16 new COVID-19 cases

| @indiablooms | Aug 19, 2020, at 11:21 pm

Kuala Lumpur/Xinhua: Malaysia reported 16 new COVID-19 cases, bringing the national total to 9,235, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.

Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a press statement that four cases are imported and 12 others are local transmissions.

Another 23 cases have been released, bringing the total cured and discharged to 8,925 or 96.6 percent of all cases.

Of the remaining 185 active cases, seven are being held in intensive care and three of those are in need of assisted breathing.

No new deaths have been reported, leaving the total deaths at 125. 

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