KUALA LUMPUR, Sept. 20 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia reported 52 new COVID-19 infections, the health ministry said on Sunday, bringing the national total to 10,219.

Health Ministry Director-General Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a press statement that 12 of the new cases are imported and 40 are local transmissions.

Health authorities detected one new infection cluster, traced to a patient from Penang state who had been screened on arrival in the northern Borneo state of Sabah, with two testing positive so far.

Another 40 patients have been released after recovery, bringing the total cured and discharged to 9,355, or 91.55 percent of all cases.

Of the remaining 734 active cases, 10 are being held in intensive care units and two of those are in need of assisted breathing.

No new deaths have been reported, leaving the total deaths at 130.

Meanwhile, Malaysia will participate in the COVID-19 vaccine global access (COVAX) to obtain access to the supply of COVID-19 vaccines, said the Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation in a statement.

It added that the Malaysian government is also preparing the agreement to join the Coalition for Epidemic and Preparedness Innovations (CEPI), and a government-to-government (G2G) pact with the Chinese government to gain access to vaccines developed by pharmaceutical companies in China. Enditem

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