KUALA LUMPUR:Malaysia recorded the highest number of deaths related to COVID-19 today with 10 cases, bringing the total number of deaths to 214 cases.

Here are five important points in the media statement of the Director General of Health, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah on 23 October.

1. 710 new cases, bringing the total number of COVID-19 cases to 24,514 cases.

2. 10 new death cases.

3. 90 cases in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), 28 cases in need of respiratory assistance.

4. COVID-19 infection cases are 8,416 cases.

5. Three new clusters reported.