KUALA LUMPUR: The number of new Covid-19 cases recorded daily has breached the 6,000 mark for four consecutive days, with 6,982 cases reported within the past 24 hours.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah announced via Twitter that the cumulative number of cases is now 765,949.
Selangor continued to record the highest number of daily cases at 2,907, followed by Kuala Lumpur (637), Negeri Sembilan (606), Johor (517), Sarawak (440), Penang (351) and Pahang (329).
Kedah recorded 257 cases, followed by Sabah (230), Melaka (202), Perak (182), Labuan (131), Kelantan (129), Terengganu (44), and Putrajaya (20). No new cases were reported in Perlis. – Bernama