05 Mar 2021 / 20:45 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 2,154 new daily Covid-19 cases were reported today, a slight increase from 2,063 cases reported yesterday.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said six more deaths were reported in the last 24 hours bringing the death toll from the outbreak in the country to 1,159.
The number of recoveries during the period was 3,275, higher than the new cases reported, he said in a statement on the development of Covid-19 here today.
He said with the latest development, the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases in Malaysia has now increased to 310,097, while the cumulative number of recoveries is at 286,904 and the number of active Covid-19 cases with infectivity is at 22,034.