COVID: Malaysia Reports Another Daily Record With 7,478 New Cases

KUALA LUMPUR, May 27 (Bernama) -- New COVID-19 cases in Malaysia continue to soar to 7,478 cases in the past 24 hours, another highest daily infection record since January last year. Health director-general, Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a tweet, announced Selangor remained the state with the highest daily cases with 2,455 followed by Kuala Lumpur (760), Sarawak (640), Johor (587), Kelantan (547), Kedah (542) and Penang (420). Apart from that, Negeri Sembilan has 370 cases, Perak (264), Melaka (230), Sabah (229), Terengganu (177), Pahang (171), Labuan (49), Putrajaya (29) and Perlis (eight). The previous daily record of 7,289 cases was reported Tuesday. -- BERNAMA