KUALA LUMPUR: The number of Covid-19 daily cases returned to single-digit after the Health Ministry recorded seven new cases in the last 24 hours.
The ministry's director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this brought the total cumulative cases in the country to 8,725 as of noon today.
He also said there were only 83 active cases currently being treated at health facilities in the country.
Dr Noor Hisham via his official social media accounts also said a patient was discharged from the hospital, bringing the total number of people who have recovered from Covid-19 to 8,520 or 97.6 per cent of the total cumulative cases.
"No Covid-19 fatalities were reported to the ministry," said Dr Noor Hisham, adding that the death toll in the country remained at 122.
The ministry had logged 14 new Covid-19 cases yesterday apart from detecting a new cluster involving an engineering firm in Kuching, Sarawak.