Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases rocket to 4,765 including over 2,000 in Selangor alone, record high 39

Arabell Lawrence Anthony Soon

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KUALA LUMPUR, May 12 — The Health Ministry recorded 4,765 new Covid-19 cases today, a sharp jump from recent days.

Its director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Selangor remains at the top as the state with the most infections at 2,082 cases, followed by KL Federal Territory with 540 cases, and Sarawak with 405 cases.

“The state with the fewest infections in Malaysia was Perlis with one case, followed by Putrajaya Federal Territory with four cases, and Labuan Federal Territory with six cases,” he said in a statement.

Yesterday saw 2,848 cases nationwide, while Monday saw 3,454 cases, and Sunday saw 3,211 cases.

Dr Noor Hisham said the highest number of deaths caused by Covid-19 at 39 was aso recorded today, surpassing the previous highest number of 26 deaths recorded on Sunday (May 9).

In total, Malaysia has recorded 453,222 cases of Covid-19, with 40,101 cases still active.

“Of today’s numbers, only seven cases involving five Malaysians and two foreign citizens are import cases in which the infection occurred abroad.

“The remaining 4,758 domestic cases involved 4,291 Malaysians or 90.2 per cent of the total, and 467 foreign citizens, or 9.8 per cent of the total,” Dr Noor Hisham said.