The Covid-19 case broke records again, recording 6,806
- Syeena
- May 20, 2021
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Noor Nathasyeena binti Seth
20 May 2021
According to Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, Malaysia set a new daily record for new Covid-19 cases with 6,806 infections, up from 6,075 cases yesterday.
Daily fatalities also reached a new high of 59, bringing total deaths linked to the coronavirus to 2,099.
This is the second day the country's daily infections come in above the 6,000 level, and Selangor again recorded the highest new cases with 2,277, followed by Kuala Lumpur (655), Johor (615), Sarawak (608), Kelantan (426), Kedah (417), Penang (362), Negeri Sembilan (291), Perak (248), Sabah (245), Terengganu (233), Melaka (212), Pahang (157), Putrajaya (35), Labuan (17) and Perlis (8).
Dr. Noor Hisham said in a statement that 3,916 recoveries were registered in the last 24 hours, bringing the overall number of recoveries from the coronavirus to 440,032, representing an 89.4% recovery rate.
However, as new infections outnumbered recent recoveries, the number of active cases increased to 50,171, with 587 of them requiring critical care and 330 requiring respiratory assistance.
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