Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases top 7,000 for first time, 60 deaths reported

Noor Nathasyeena binti Seth

nnathasyeenaseth@gmail.com

25 May 2021

Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases surpassed 7,000 for the first time today, with 7,289 infections confirmed, up from 6,509 the day before, according to the Health Ministry.

On Sunday, the country's previous high number of new cases was 6,976. (May 23).

According to Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, Selangor had the most infections (2,642) among all states and federal territories today, followed by Johor (664) and Kuala Lumpur (604).

Sarawak registered 513 cases, Kelantan (425), Negeri Sembilan (410), Penang (380), Kedah (336), Terengganu (268), Sabah (266), Melaka (258), Perak (218), Pahang (211), Labuan (63), Putrajaya (23) and Perlis (8).

In the meantime, Malaysia announced 60 Covid-19 deaths today, with 15 in Selangor, 10 in Johor, six each in Sarawak and Kedah, five in Kuala Lumpur, three each in Sabah, Penang, Perak, and Kelantan, two in Negeri Sembilan and Melaka, and one each in Pahang and Terengganu.

According to Dr. Noor Hisham, the country's overall death toll now stands at 2,369 people.

The Ministry of Health also identified 15 new infection clusters today.

Ten of the new clusters are workplace clusters, four are from communities, while there was one religious centre cluster. To date, the ministry has identified 2,060 clusters, of which 1,483 have been declared ended. That leaves 577 active clusters.