Covid-19: New Cases In Malaysia Dip Below 20,000 Monday

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 30 (Bernama) -- Daily new COVID-19 infections in Malaysia dropped to 19,268 cases Monday (Aug 30), after breaching the 20,000 mark in the past six days. The country had recorded more than 20,000 COVID-19 cases from Aug 24 to Aug 29, with the highest figure during that period, at 24,599 cases, recorded on Aug 26. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a post on Twitter, said cumulative COVID-19 cases in Malaysia now stood at 1.72 million. -- BERNAMA