COVID-19: Malaysia Recorded 6,988 New Cases On Thursday

KUALA LUMPUR, July 1 (Bernama) -- Malaysia has, for the third straight day, recorded over 6,000 new COVID-19 daily cases, with 6,988 reported over the last 24 hours. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah tweeted on Thursday that the latest figure showed an increase of 712 cases compared to yesterday's 6,276. The latest development takes the total number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 758,967. -- BERNAMA