China News Service, November 17 According to Singapore’s "Lianhe Zaobao" report, on the 17th local time, Malaysia added 1,210 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia, with a total of 49,730 confirmed cases.
This is the fifth consecutive day since November 13 that the country has maintained a four-digit single-day increase in the number of new cases.
According to reports, Malaysia’s health director Noshiyama said on the 17th that of the 1,210 new cases, 1,191 were local infections.
A total of 1018 people recovered and were discharged that day, and the cumulative number of people recovered reached 36624.
As of 12:00 noon, Malaysia still has 12,788 active cases.
On October 12th, local time, a mobile inspection vehicle was ready to go next to the inspection point of a hospital in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
On the same day, the Malaysian government announced that it will implement a two-week conditional movement restriction order in many places including the capital Kuala Lumpur.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Yue
The capital Kuala Lumpur added 245 confirmed cases on the 17th, bringing a total of 4,613 cases.
Of the new cases, 206 were from the same site infection group, making it the main reason for the recent surge in Kuala Lumpur.
Nosy Hill said on social media that Kuala Lumpur General Hospital is preparing more beds to accommodate more patients with COVID-19.
He said, "I hope everything goes smoothly." Kuala Lumpur General Hospital previously stated that the hospital had received 150 additional beds from the Natural Disaster Management Committee on November 16.