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KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): Malaysia recorded 2,690 new Covid-19 cases today, down from 2,717 yesterday, bringing the number of cumulative coronavirus cases in the country to date to 392,942. This is the 11th consecutive day the daily additions remain above the 2,000 mark.
The country also recorded 10 more deaths from the coronavirus three each from Kuala Lumpur and Sarawak, two from Sabah and one each in Penang and Selangor. These raised the pandemic s death toll in the country to 1,436, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a statement.
New recoveries came in at 1,853, which raised total recoveries to 367,753, representing a recovery rate of 93.6%. Active cases, however, climbed to 23,753 from 22,926 yesterday, as new cases continued to outpace daily recoveries.
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s Covid-19 cases remain above the 2,000 mark, with more than half of the infections recorded in Selangor and Sarawak.
In his daily Covid-19 updates, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham said there were 2,847 new cases in the country, bringing the cumulative total to 387,535.
“Selangor recorded the highest daily figure with 748 cases or 26.3% of the country’s cases.
“At least 80.5% of the cases in the state were uncovered from clusters and contact tracing activities.
“This is followed by Sarawak with 717 cases or 25.2%, and Kelantan with 476 cases (16.7%), ” said Dr Noor Hisham.
Other places recording three digits in their daily figure were Kuala Lumpur (302), Johor (130 new cases) and Negri Sembilan (105)
Friday, 23 Apr 2021 09:28 AM MYT
BY JUSTIN ONG
Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 cases may return to heights not seen since the peak of the ‘third wave’ due to non-compliance with preventive SOPs. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 23 Malaysia’s daily Covid-19 cases may return to heights not seen since the peak of the “third wave” due to non-compliance with preventive standard operating procedures, according to Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
In a post disclosing that the effective reproduction rate (rt) of Covid-19 was now 1.16, the Health director-general also shared the Health Ministry’s projections for new cases until the end of May.