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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.

The country today recorded 93 new Covid-19 cases, the highest in five days.

The spike was contributed by the discovery of more infections at the Bukit Jalil immigration detention depot in Kuala Lumpur and the outbreak linked to a chicken farm in Pedas, Negeri Sembilan.

Only two of the 93 new Covid-19 cases involved Malaysians while the 91 others were foreigners.

Malaysia recorded 187 new Covid-19 cases in the 24-hour period up to noon today, the bulk of which was found at the Bukit Jalil Immigration Detention Depot.

Meanwhile, Defence Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob said the government will now focus on deporting all undocumented migrants at immigration detention centres nationwide who have tested negative for Covid-19.

A total of 115 foreigners at the Sepang Immigration Detention Depot are awaiting the results of their second COVID-19 screening test before their deportation.

Malaysia has gone back to recording a three-digit daily positive cases of COVID-19 with 277 new cases in the last 24 hours.