KUALA LUMPUR, May 28 — Malaysia today recorded a daily new Covid-19 figure that exceeds the 8,000 threshold for the first time.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah announced on Facebook and Twitter that Malaysia today had 8,290 new Covid-19 cases, which is the highest-ever recorded in a day so far.
This brings Malaysia to a total of 549,514 Covid-19 cases so far.
Selangor alone had 2,052 new Covid-19 cases and accounted for 24.75 per cent or almost one-fourth of all the 8,290 cases recorded nationwide today.
Next were Kelantan at 851 cases, Kuala Lumpur (830), Johor (762), Sarawak (698), Kedah (544), Negri Sembilan (520), Penang (421), Perak (405), Melaka (380), Sabah (308), Pahang (254), and Terengganu (207).
The only ones with fewer than 50 new cases today were Putrajaya at 44 cases, Perlis (eight) and Labuan (six).
With Malaysia recording more than 8,000 Covid-19 new cases today, the country’s new cases in a day are now growing faster than the Health Ministry predicted they would with poor compliance to the SOPs.
Malaysia had only been expected to hit 8,000 cases in the first week of June or around June 5, based on Malay Mail’s checks of the Health Ministry’s chart forecasting daily Covid-19 cases under a scenario of non-compliance to Covid-19 standard operating procedures.
In other words, Malaysia has reached the 8,000-case mark about a week earlier than forecasted.
A total of 4,814 patients recovered today, while 61 deaths were recorded as a result of Covid-19.
There are currently 72,823 active Covid-19 cases or patients still receiving treatment in Malaysia, including a new record high today of 808 patients in intensive care units (ICUs).
