Malaysia reports 41 new COVID-19 cases, preschools set to open in July
Kuala Lumpur/Xinhua: Malaysia reported 41 new cases of COVID-19 on Monday, pushing the total cases in the country to 8,494, the Health Ministry said.
Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said at a press briefing that three of the new cases are imported. Of the local transmissions, 32 are foreign nationals, including a cluster of foreign detainees from an immigration facility as well as clusters of foreign workers. Of the six local transmission involving Malaysian citizens, one new cluster was found in a senior citizen care center.
There are 973 active cases in the country, of which four are being held in intensive care and none of the rest are in need of assisted breathing.
No new death(s) has been reported, leaving the total deaths at 121.
Another 54 cases had been released, bringing the total number of cured and discharged to 7,400 or 87.1 percent of all cases.
Meanwhile, Defense Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob, who coordinated the implementation of restrictive measures, said in a separate press conference that preschools and kindergartens will be allowed to operate from July 1 onwards.
Malaysia's Education Ministry announced earlier that middle schools will be reopen on June 24 for senior grade students.
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