By Nabila Natasha
GOMBAK, 21 December 2020: Malaysia’s 2,018 new COVID-19 infections meant that its cumulative number of cases has exceeded that of China’s.
At a press conference today, Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said the country now has 95,327 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic.
The world figures are led by the United States, which has recorded about 17.9 million cases.
Today, Malaysia saw one COVID-19 death of a non-citizen, bringing the death toll to 438 in the country so far. Meanwhile, seven cases are imported, while the rest are local transmissions.
The number of people with active COVID-19 infections in Malaysia now stands at 16,496. A total of 109 patients are in intensive care unit (ICU), with 55 requiring ventilator support.
However, 1,084 COVID-19 patients have been discharged, which means 78,393 people or 82.2% have recovered.
Selangor continued to record the highest increase of the day with 1,204 confirmed cases or 59.7% of today’s total. This number has skyrocketed to a four digit from yesterday’s 441 confirmed cases in Selangor. ***