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KUALA LUMPUR: New Covid-19 cases in the country for the past 24 hours have increased to 4,855 cases, compared with 4,765 cases recorded yesterday.
Health director-general, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a post on his Twitter account, said that during the period Selangor still recorded the highest number of daily cases with 1,783, followed by Kuala Lumpur (521) and Johor (467).
Sarawak and Penang each recorded 395 cases; Kelantan (339); Perak (302); Kedah (193); Terengganu (148); Negeri Sembilan (100); Sabah (76); Melaka (67); Pahang (56); Putrajaya (nine); Labuan (four), while there are no cases in Perlis.
Meanwhile, Dr Noor Hisham, in a statement, said of the total of new cases, three were imported cases while 4,852 cases were local transmission.
Covid-19 (May 13): 4,855 new cases, highest since January
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COVID-19 | Malaysia recorded 4,855 new Covid-19 cases today, marking the fourth time the number of daily cases has exceeded 4,000 in the past week.
Today sees the highest number of cases since Jan 31 when 5,298 cases were reported.
Only 3,347 people were discharged today while the number of active cases continued to grow for the 37th consecutive day from 14,097 cases on April 7 to 41,582 cases today.
Active cases: 41,582
This figure does not include probable or suspected Covid-19 cases. See here.
The number of patients in ICU or who require intubation also reached a record high today.