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The Health Ministry has reported 2,188 new COVID-19 cases, marking a record high for the second consecutive day.

The previous record was yesterday's 1,884 new cases.

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said of the 1,623 latest cases in Selangor, 1,511 came from the Teratai cluster, which is linked to Top Glove's factories in Klang, Selangor.

Bintulu MP Tiong King Sing has doubled down on his criticism of Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah's handling of the Covid-19 pandemic, stating that he didn't care about the backlash if it meant keeping the DG accountable.

Tiong, who is the PDP president, had on Wednesday accused Noor Hisham of being "afraid to die" for not visiting Sabah at the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in the state.

However, Tiong maintained that his criticism is justified. He gave the example of instances where medical workers in Sarawak had to improvise due to a lack of personal protective equipment.

Malaysia reported 260 new cases of Covid-19 today of which only one is imported while the remaining 259 were locally acquired infections.

The number includes four new clusters in Selangor, Sabah, Putrajaya, and Kedah.

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah noted that this is the second-highest increase in the number of cases in a single day, after the 277 cases recorded on June 4 amid the outbreak at the Bukit Jalil immigration detention depot at the time.

Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin revealed that the government is considering making the use of face masks compulsory to further curb the spread of Covid-19.

Muhyiddin warned that if Covid-19 infections were to increase again, then the government would be forced to impose another lockdown and the economy would suffer.

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham said the country today recorded 21 new cases.

The Sri Petaling tabligh gathering cluster, which became the epicentre of the country's Covid-19 pandemic, has finally been resolved.

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said no new cases from the cluster have been detected for 28 days.

Noor Hisham added that the country recorded no new Covid-19 cases from local transmission today.

This is the second time in a week the country has recorded no new local transmission. The last was on July 2nd.

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah today debunked a viral message of an alleged scam in which individuals purporting to be Health Ministry officers arrived at a person's home in a ministry van on the pretext of conducting door-to-door tests.

Taking to Facebook today, the Health Ministry clarified the purported scam.

"The accusation where the ministry's van was used in a scam was fake. The van belongs to the ministry, and the staff were the members of the ministry," said the ministry.

The ministry pointed out the district health office would contact members of the public before going to their houses in future.

Malaysia recorded 38 new Covid-19 cases, the majority of which are Malaysians returning from abroad.

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 26 of the cases were imported while 12 were local transmissions.

From the imported cases, 20 were Malaysians returning from Egypt, four from Indonesia and two from the United Kingdom.

Meanwhile, Dr Hisham urged Malaysians to not stigmatise foreign nationals following a spike in cases involving non-Malaysians last week.

After recording three digits for two consecutive days, the number of new Covid-19 cases has dropped to 15, revealed Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

This is due to the majority of cases in the immigration detention centres having been detected and isolated.

Meanwhile, Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said it is wrong to accuse the government of treating undocumented migrants in an inhumane manner.

Malaysia has recorded a spike of 172 new COVID-19 cases today, most of which are detected at three immigration detention facilities in the country.

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said of the 172 cases, five were imported, while 159 cases involved non-citizens. Of the non-citizens, 112 cases were detected at the immigration depots.

Malaysia had recorded a double-digit number of daily new cases for the past 21 days.

A new cluster of positive Covid-19 cases has been detected at the Bukit Jalil immigration depot in Kuala Lumpur.

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this was after 34 new cases were detected at the centre in the past 24 hours alone, bringing the total number of positive coronavirus cases there to 35.

However, Noor Hisham today informed that all 34 individuals found to be infected had been housed at the detention centre since before the start of the movement control order (MCO) on March 18.

Malaysia continues to report a growing number of recoveries from COVID-19, with 95 patients being discharged on Monday.

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said though the movement control order (MCO) has helped Malaysia reach the recovery phase of the outbreak, it will not put an end to COVID-19.

Malaysia has succeeded in flattening the infection curve and is now in the recovery phase to stamp out the Covid-19 pandemic, according to Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

He said this is based on the examination of the predictive model, where the data on April 3 was 217 new cases but the ministry did not see any further peak since then.

The ministry had initially braced for a peak on April 14 of 6,300 new cases but this figure was not seen.

Malaysia reported 57 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday, with 18 of those being imported cases involving Malaysians who returned to the country recently.

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah also revealed that 54 people have recovered today, bringing the total number of recoveries to 3,349.

It's been raining accolades for Health Ministry director-general, Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, for his dedication battling the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.

Perhaps the youngest of his fans could be nine-year-old Lara Khadijah Cornelius McAfee, an aspiring gymnast from Terengganu.

She penned an appreciation letter and gifted a loom band to Noor Hisham.

Lara received a delightful surprise after Noor Hisham replied to her.

Noor Hisham ended the letter by advising Lara to study hard.

"One day, it will be your turn to help Malaysia. Follow your dreams and work hard for it.

"From your new friend, Dr Hisham."

Malaysia continues to see more recoveries than new COVID-19 infections.

During the daily press conference on Tuesday, Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 202 recoveries in the past 24-hours, while 170 new cases were reported.

Meanwhile, Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob revealed today that over 9,000 people have been caught for violating the MCO since it began.