KUALA LUMPUR, Jan. 3 (Xinhua) -- Malaysia reported 360 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Monday, bringing the national total to 5,027,457, according to the health ministry.
There is one new imported case, with 359 cases being local transmissions, data released on the ministry's website showed.
One new death has been reported, pushing the death toll to 36,858.
The ministry reported 423 new recoveries, bringing the total number of cured and discharged to 4,978,792.
There are 11,807 active cases, with 30 being held in intensive care and 16 of those in need of assisted breathing.
The country reported 2,919 vaccine doses administered on Monday alone and 86.1 percent of the population have received at least one dose, 84.3 percent are fully vaccinated and 49.9 percent have received the first booster and 2.0 percent have received the second booster. ■
