Malaysia's New Covid-19 Cases Rise To 20,780 Wednesday

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 (Bernama) -- New COVID-19 cases in Malaysia increased to 20,780 on Wednesday from 19,991 Tuesday, said Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Dr Noor Hisham, in a Twitter post, said this brings the cumulative figure for positive cases in the country to 1,320,547. Selangor state again topped the daily case list with 6,921 infections, followed by Kuala Lumpur (2,065), Johor (1,693), Kedah (1,534), Sabah (1,514) and Penang (1,385). Kelantan state had 1,284 cases, Negeri Sembilan (1,015), Perak (828), Melaka (636), Sarawak (634), Terengganu (613), Pahang (585), Putrajaya (41), Perlis (29) and Labuan (three). The highest ever daily figure of 20,889 cases was recorded on Aug 6. -- BERNAMA