Home Covid-19 Health Current Updates on COVID-19 in Malaysia [29 August 2020]
Home Covid-19 Health Current Updates on COVID-19 in Malaysia [29 August 2020]

Current Updates on COVID-19 in Malaysia [29 August 2020]


The Ministry of Health (MOH) would like to inform that eight (8) cases have fully recovered and discharged today. Cumulatively, 9,038 confirmed COVID-19 cases have been discharged (97.0% of total cumulative cases).

A total of 11 additional confirmed COVID-19 cases were reported to the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) MOH today. Cumulatively there are now 9,317 confirmed COVID-19 cases in Malaysia. Therefore, there are currently 154 active and infective COVID-19 cases. They have all been isolated and given treatment. 

Of the 11 additional cases reported today, 10 are imported cases who were infected overseas, involving six (6) Malaysians and four (4) non-Malaysians.  

The one (1) local transmission case is a Malaysian, detected in Sarawak from pre-surgery screening in Sarawak General Hospital.

Currently, eight (8) confirmed COVID-19 cases are receiving treatment in the intensive care units (ICUs), with six (6) patients on ventilation support.

No additional COVID-19 death was reported to the National CPRC MOH today. Cumulatively, there remains 125 COVID-19 deaths in Malaysia (1.34% of total cumulative cases).

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