KUALA LUMPUR, May 21 — The Health Ministry announced today 6,493 new Covid-19 infections over the past 24 hours, a slight fall from 6,806 cases yesterday.
Daily cases have exceeded the 6,000-mark for three consecutive days, bringing the total cumulative cases to 498,795 since the pandemic hit Malaysia. However, this is well below the “fake news” earlier claiming cases could go over the 9,000-mark.
Among all states, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that Selangor continues to top the list with the highest cases recorded today at 2,163, followed by Kuala Lumpur (641), and Sarawak (612).
Kelantan was the next highest with 467 cases, ahead of Kedah (434), Johor (406), Perak (382), Negri Sembilan (370), Penang (302), Melaka (165), Pahang (161), Sabah (144) Terengganu (139), Labuan (84), Putrajaya (20) and Perlis (three).
All but two of the new cases reported today were local transmissions.
Recoveries lagged behind new cases again today with just 4,508 former patients discharged, pushing the active case total to 52,106 nationwide.
Dr Noor Hisham reported 18 new Covid-19 clusters including 10 coming from workplaces, five from religious centres, and the remaining three within the general community.
He said that 17 clusters were deemed to have ended today, leaving the country with 529 that were still active.
