Thursday, 17 Dec 2020
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s 1,295 new Covid-19 infections meant that its cumulative number of cases has now exceeded that of China’s.
At a press conference yesterday, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the country now has 87,913 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic.
The figure has surpassed the 86,770 cumulative cases reported yesterday by China.
The world figures are led by the United States, which has recorded about 17 million cases.
Yesterday, Malaysia saw seven more Covid-19 deaths, bringing the death toll to 429 in the country so far.
Dr Noor Hisham said of the deaths, five were in Sabah and one each in Selangor and Kelantan.