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Malaysia's Covid-19 cumulative cases surpass 5 million mark

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's cumulative Covid-19 infections surpassed five million cases, and as of yesterday the Health Ministry (MOH) has reported 5,006,855 cases nationwide.

Last Sunday, total cumulative cases stood at 5,000,332 with new daily Covid-19 cases in the country hovering below 2,000 during the week compiled by Bernama (Dec 3 to 8).

Total new daily Covid-19 cases for the week dropped nearly 25 per cent to 9,891 compared to 13,169 for the period Nov 26 to Dec 1.

Yesterday, a total of 1,616 new daily cases were reported including four (4) death cases and one (1) imported case. For this month, to date the lowest case was recorded on Dec 4 at 1,502.

Of the 1,616 new daily cases reported yesterday, none of the states recorded four-digit figures. Selangor took the top spot with 474 cases, followed by Kuala Lumpur (154), Sarawak (145), Penang (130) and Kedah (104).

Two digits were reported in Melaka (96), Negeri Sembilan (83), Sabah (82), Perak (77), Putrajaya (75), Kelantan (51), Pahang (44), Terengganu (42), Johor (30), Labuan (19) and Perlis (10).

Meanwhile, active Covid-19 cases according to data from MOHNOW, which was updated at 11.59pm yesterday, stood at 21,473 and of the total, 20,068 cases (93.5 per cent) were quarantined at home.

Below are new daily CovidOVID-19 cases during the week compiled by Bernama Dec 3 to 8:-

Dec 3 (1,866), Dec 4 (1,502), Dec 5 (1,576), Dec 6 (1,649), Dec 7 (1,682) and Dec8 (1,616).

  

Below are new daily Covid-19 cases from Nov 26 to Dec 2:-

Nov 26 (2,898), Nov 27 (2,022), Nov 28 (2,465), Nov 29 (1,672), Nov 30 (1,737), Dec 1 (2,375) and Dec 2 (2,421).

With a cumulative figure of 5,006,855 cases, Malaysia now ranked 27th in the list of 228 countries/territories hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. Ahead of Malaysia are Ukraine (5,341,284) and Greece (5,404,690).

According to Worldometer, of the 228 countries, Japan reported the highest new daily cases (133,065), followed by France (71,597) and South Korea (65,253).

On Covid-19 fatalities, the United States (US) reported the highest figure at 1,109,394 cases. - Bernama

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