Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 2,345 recoveries, bringing the total number of those discharged to 296,379.

In a statement, Noor Hisham said the total number of infections now stands at 316,269.

There are 18,704 active cases, with 155 patients being treated in intensive care and 76 requiring respiratory assistance.

Meanwhile, the nine deaths take the number of fatalities to 1,186.

The new cases today involved 1,278 local infections and two imported cases. The local cases comprised 919 Malaysians and 359 foreigners.

Selangor recorded the highest number of infections with 464, of which 368 were detected from clusters and close contact screenings.

This was followed by Johor (165), Sarawak (163), Penang (143), Kuala Lumpur (119), Sabah (64), Negeri Sembilan (45), Terengganu (36), Perak (34), Kedah (25), Kelantan (16), Putrajaya (three), Pahang (two) and Perlis (one).

No new cases were detected in Melaka and Labuan.

There were five cases from prisons today, involving the Tembok Pengkalan Chepa cluster (two), Jalan Harapan prison cluster (two) and Jalan Awang cluster (one).

The nine who died comprised eight Malaysians and one foreigner, with the youngest aged 38, from Kuala Lumpur, and the oldest a 88-year-old man in Perak.

Eight of them had existing medical conditions.

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