KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 6 ― Covid-19 daily infections in the last 24 hours hit a record of 20,889 cases according to data released by Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
Selangor still tops the list with 8,792 cases followed by Kuala Lumpur (2,483), Kedah (1,371), Sabah (1,291), and Johor (1,275) to name a few.
This is the second day running cases have breached the 20,000 mark, as Malaysia recorded 20,596 cases yesterday (August 5)
So far, the country has recorded 1,224,595 Covid-19 cases overall.
The nation also recorded another 160 deaths related to Covid-19, making the death toll 10,179 to date.
Some 1,096 patients were being treated in the intensive care wards with 545 of them requiring ventilators.
Malaysia also recorded 16,394 new recoveries in the past 24 hours, with total active Covid-19 cases at 221,396.
The Ministry of Health also reported 34 new clusters, with total active cluster at 2,672 out of 3,863 total clusters recorded since the pandemic started.
