21 Apr 2021 / 19:36 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: New Covid-19 infections in Malaysia breached the 2,000 mark for a seventh straight day when 2,340 cases were reported in the last 24 hours, bringing the cumulative total to 381,813, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
In a posting on his official Twitter account, Dr Noor said Selangor recorded the most daily cases at 526, followed by Sarawak (429), Kelantan (370), Kuala Lumpur (291) and Sabah (172).
A total of 170 new cases were recorded in Johor, followed by Penang (111), Pahang (81), Melaka (63), Kedah (55), Perak (38), Negeri Sembilan (24), Putrajaya (six), Labuan (two), and Terengganu and Perlis with one each.
eanwhile, in a statement today, Dr Noor Hisham said 12 of the new cases were imported while 2,328 were local transmissions.