KUALA LUMPUR, July 13 — New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia crossed 11,000 for the first time today.
The Health Ministry recorded 11,079 new cases, with Selangor making up almost half at 5,263 cases followed by Kuala Lumpur with 1,521 cases.
Another state which recorded high number of cases is Negri Sembilan at 1,033, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said.
Other states remained at three or double digit figures, while Perlis today had no new cases recorded.
Today’s record snuffed out the slight relief from yesterday’s 8,574 new cases after several days of hitting above 9,000.
Selangor had 4,308 cases yesterday while Kuala Lumpur had 609 and Negri Sembilan 794.
Dr Noor Hisham said there were 23 new Covid-19 clusters while 2,246 clusters have ended.
“Active clusters are 870 and the cumulative clusters are 3,116,” he said.
The new clusters were detected from two major groups — the workplace and community.
Malaysia’s cumulative positive Covid-19 cases now stand at 855,949. Active cases are at 96,236 while 5,990 patients recovered today.
