18 Apr 2021 / 19:21 H.
KUALA
LUMPUR: Malaysia today reported 2,195 Covid-19 new cases and eight fatalities, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said.
The latest figures take the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases in the country to 375,054 with the death toll now at 1,378. Malaysia recorded 2,195 new cases yesterday.
Dr Noor Hisham, in a Twitter post, said Sarawak was back to being the state with the highest number of new cases, reporting 508 infections today, followed by Selangor (431), Johor (387) and Kelantan with 332 cases.
Kuala Lumpur, meanwhile, reported 176 new cases, followed by Sabah (112), Penang (84), Negeri Sembilan (42), Perak (35), Kedah (30), Terengganu (16), Melaka and Pahang 15 cases each, Labuan (6), Putrajaya (3) and Perlis (3).