KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported 14 new COVID-19 cases on Sunday , taking its tally to 8,718 infections.Advertisement“As for the new cases, three are imported, all involving Malaysians, while among the 11 local transmissions, three are Malaysians and eight involve foreigners,” he said at a daily briefing.One of the three Malaysian COVID-19 patients was detected during a pre-referral screening in Sabah while the other two are in Sarawak, he added.
The first case is an employee at the company who had received treatment at a medical centre on Jul 9 after experiencing respiratory symptoms, and tested positive for COVID-19 on the same day. “So far, 32 close contacts have been identified and screened. They comprise 16 colleagues and 16 family members," said Dr Noor Hisham.
According to the screening results, he said, one has tested positive; 16 were negative and 15 results are still pending.
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