KUALA LUMPUR – Malaysia reported 27,435 new COVID-19 infections as of midnight Sunday, bringing the total tally to 3,622,607, according to the health ministry.

Among them were 254 new imported cases and 27,181 local transmissions, data released on the ministry’s website showed.

A further 55 deaths have been reported from the pandemic, bringing the death toll to 33,228.

The ministry reported 30,335 new recoveries from COVID-19, bringing the total number of people cured and discharged to 3,281,128 in the Southeast Asian country.

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The country reported 57,106 doses of COVID-19 vaccines were administered on Sunday, and that 83.2 percent of the population have received at least one dose, 78.9 percent have been fully vaccinated and 46 percent have received booster shots.