The Health Ministry has reported seven new Covid-19 cases up to noon today, of which three cases were transmitted locally.<br /><br />Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (above) said the three cases were detected through pre-operation testing in Sabah hospitals – two at Queen Elizabeth Hospital in Kota Kinabalu, and one at Women’s and Children’s Hospital in Likas.<br /><br />The three cases involved Malaysians, he said.<br /><br />As for imported cases, one infection was reported each from Pakistan, Russia, Australia, and Indonesia.