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Daily caseload dips below 1,600 as another 5 deaths reported

There were 2,185 recoveries, leaving 22,447 active cases.

Staff Writers
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Customers enjoy a meal at a food court in a mall in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.
Customers enjoy a meal at a food court in a mall in Bukit Bintang, Kuala Lumpur.

Another 1,591 Covid-19 cases were recorded yesterday, taking total confirmed infections in the country to 4,513,631.

There were 2,185 recoveries, taking total recoveries to 4,455,498.

There are now 22,447 active cases, of which 21,480 or 95.7% are undergoing home quarantine.

Meanwhile, 18 (0.1%) are at quarantine centres while 922 (4.1%) have been hospitalised.

A total of 27 are in ICU with 17 in need of respiratory assistance. ICU utilisation throughout the country stands at 58.6%, with Covid ICU utilisation at 5.9%.

Another five deaths were reported, including two who were brought in dead. Total deaths now stand at 35,686.