COVID: 11,618 New Cases, Highest Since Pandemic Hit - Malaysian Health DG

KUALA LUMPUR, July 14 (Bernama) -- Malaysia reported 11,618 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday, the highest daily record since the pandemic hit the country, Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said. The cumulative now stands at 867,567 cases, while three states recorded four-digit case totals, namely Selangor with 5,051 infections, followed by Kuala Lumpur (1,749) and Negeri Sembilan (1,537). Melaka reported 526 cases; Kedah (504); Pahang (400); Johor (396); Sarawak (289); Sabah (286); Kelantan (236) while Penang recorded 210 cases. "Terengganu had 189 cases, Perak (164), Putrajaya (40), Labuan (38) and Perlis reported three cases,” he said in a Twitter post. It is the second consecutive day that daily cases had breached the 11,000 mark after 11,079 cases were reported Tuesday. Meanwhile, in a separate tweet, Dr Noor Hisham informed that Tuesday also saw the highest number of COVID-19 samples taken for testing, namely 131,706, comprising 71,111 Antigen Rapid Test Kits (RTK-Ag) and 60,595 RT-PCR tests. He said the test capacity could be further increased through private laboratories, mainly for targeted testing. -- BERNAMA