COVID-19: Msia's New Cases Drop To 19,378 Friday - Health DG

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 3 (Bernama) -- The number of new COVID-19 cases in Malaysia dropped to 19,378 today, compared to 20,988 yesterday. Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, through his postings on Facebook and Twitter, said the cumulative number of cases had now reached 1,805,382. Selangor continued to chalk up the highest number of daily cases at 3,613, followed by Sarawak (2,464), Sabah (2,404), Johor (2,331), Penang (1,726), Kedah (1,470), Perak (1,389) and Kelantan (1,356). Meanwhile, Kuala Lumpur recorded 740 cases, Pahang (559), Terengganu (532), Melaka (399) and Negeri Sembilan (270). Three states with less than 100 cases are Perlis (80), Putrajaya (41) and Labuan (four). -- BERNAMA