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PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s Covid-19 daily figures have set two new gloomy records – 19,819 new cases and 257 deaths were reported.
The latest total cases reported yesterday surpassed the previous record of 17,786 on July 31.
The daily record for deaths before this was 219, reported on Monday.
In his daily Covid-19 statement, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 98.1% (19,444 infections) of yesterday’s total were either asymptomatic or mild cases.
About 1.9% or 375 cases were those in Categories 3, 4 and 5.
Of yesterday’s cases, almost 82% involved patients who were not vaccinated.
Malaysia's daily number of newly confirmed Covid-19 cases climbed past 20,000 for the first time to a record high of 20,596 today from 19,819 reported the day before pushing further active cases to a new high of 217,061.
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