PETALING JAYA: Malaysia recorded 816 new Covid-19 infections on Tuesday (Dec 20), says the Health Ministry.
The Health Ministry said through data released on its KKMNow portal on Wednesday (Dec 21 ) that this brings the new total to 5,019,400 cases since the pandemic began.
Of the 816, there is one imported case and the remaining 815 are local.
The ministry also said through its KKMNow portal that there were 940 recoveries on Tuesday bringing the total number of active cases in Malaysia to 15,411.
Of the active cases, 93.8% or 14,455 individuals are undergoing home quarantine, while 5.9% of active cases or 915 individuals need to be hospitalised, with 41 warded in intensive care units (ICU) throughout the country.
Of that number, 24 require ventilator support.