The warm bubbling mud of “lumpur berbuak” that oozes out of the earth and forms mudpots has created a phenomenon in Kampung Meritam here, turning the area into a tourist destination
KUALA LUMPUR (March 6): Malaysia recorded 1,680 new cases of Covid-19, with seven deaths over the past 24 hours.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the drop in the number of new cases from 2,154 recorded yesterday brought the cumulative case count to 311,777, with the death toll stood at 1,166.
“A total of 2,548 recoveries were recorded today, higher than the number of daily new cases,” he tweeted.
Cumulative recovered cases now stood at 289,452, with active cases at 21,159.
Meanwhile, in a statement, Noor Hisham said the deaths reported today involved three patients in Selangor, three cases in Sarawak and one in Sabah, aged between 43 and 84.