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Record number of 27,831 Covid-19 cases today

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia today recorded 27,831 Covid-19 cases, a new daily record since the pandemic began in 2020.

In a tweet, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said cumulative cases now stood at 3,111,514.

He said of the total, 72.32 per cent or 20,128 cases were under Category 2; 27.33 per cent or 7,606 asymptomatic cases; 0.21 per cent or 59 cases under Category 3; 0.1 per cent or 28 cases under Category 4 and 0.04 per cent or 10 cases under Category 5.

The previous highest daily figures were on Aug 26 last year when 24,599 cases were recorded.

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