COVID: Daily New Cases Surpass 21,000 Mark - Malaysian Health DG

KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 12 (Bernama) -- The daily tally of new COVID-19 cases in Malaysia surpassed the 21,000 mark on Thursday after recording 21,668 cases, the highest since the pandemic began early last year, according to Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. In a tweet, he said Thursday’s tally brought the country’s cumulative total of COVID cases to 1,342,215. Selangor still has the highest number of cases at 6,278, followed by Kuala Lumpur (2,436), Kedah (2,143), Sabah (2,052) and Johor (1,706). A total of 1,229 cases was recorded in states of Penang, Sarawak (1,216), Kelantan (972), Perak (930), Negeri Sembilan (899), Pahang (629), Terengganu (594), Melaka (494), Putrajaya (56), Perlis (23) and Labuan (11). On Wednesday, Malaysia recorded 20,780 new cases. -- BERNAMA