KUALA LUMPUR, April 26, 2022 (BSS/Xinhua) - Malaysia recorded 2,478 new
COVID-19 infections as of midnight Monday, bringing the total tally to
4,433,551, according to the health ministry.

   They were seven new imported cases and 2,471 local transmissions, data
released on the ministry's website showed.

  A further eight deaths have been reported from the pandemic, bringing the
death toll to 35,507. The ministry reported 9,215 new recoveries, bringing
the total number of people cured and discharged to 4,330,037. Currently there
are 68,007 active cases, with 98 of them held in intensive care and 63 of
them in need of assisted breathing.

   The Southeast Asian country reported 38,691 doses of COVID-19 vaccines
were administered on Monday, and that 84.9 percent of the population have
received at least one dose, 81.4 percent are fully vaccinated and 49 percent
have received booster jabs.