New cases drop to 7,420 today

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded a drop in the number of new Covid-19 cases with 7,420 cases as of noon today compared to 8,084 yesterday, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Dr Noor Hisham in a statement on the development of the country’s Covid-19 situation said of the new cases reported, 108 cases […]

392 cases involving variants of concern detected

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 392 positive Covid-19 cases involving variants of concern (VOC) was detected in the country from Sept 25 until yesterday (Oct 6), according to Health director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. Of the total, he said 384 cases were of the Delta variant and eight others were of Beta variant. Dr Noor […]

9,890 new cases nationwide

KUALA LUMPUR: The daily tally of new Covid-19 cases in the country increased slightly with 9,890 cases recorded over the past 24 hours compared to 9,380 cases recorded yesterday (Oct 6). Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in post on his social media platforms said the increase brings the cumulative number of cases to […]

Malaysia records 11,889 new cases on Friday

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded 11,889 new Covid-19 cases as of noon today, compared to 12,735 cases yesterday. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah through a posting on his official Facebook page said this latest development brought the cumulative number of cases to 2,257,584. Sarawak remained the state with the most daily cases at […]

More than 400,000 individuals under 18-years-old infected by Covid this year

KUALA LUMPUR: More than 400,000 cases of Covid-19 infection involving individuals under the age of 18 were recorded this year, up from about 12,000 cases last year, said Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin. He said of the total number of cases reported this year, which included 67 deaths, involved 252,569 school children and 42,831 pre-school students. “It […]

Malaysia records 12,735 new Covid cases

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded 12,735 new cases of Covid-19 over 24 hours up to noon on Thursday (Sept 30), 301 cases higher than the 12,434 of the previous day, said Director-General of Health Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. The new cases raised the cumulative total of cases to 2,245,695, he said in a social media […]

New cases in Malaysia drop to 13,899 Saturday

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 13,899 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Malaysia today (Sept 25), a drop of 655 cases from yesterday. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a post on his social media accounts, said this brings the cumulative figure for positive cases to 2,185,131. He said Sarawak topped the […]

Daily national tally drops further

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s daily tally of Covid-19 cases dropped further today to 13,754 from 14,990 recorded yesterday. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a social media post said the figures bring the cumulative total of Covid-19 cases in the country to 2,156,678. “Alhamdulillah, as expected, the declining trend in daily cases is getting obvious of late,” he […]

Daily new cases below 15,000 Wednesday

KUALA LUMPUR:  New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia dropped below 15,000 today, at 14,990 cases compared with 15,759 reported yesterday. Health director-general, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in his tweet, said the latest development brought the total number of cases nationwide to 2,142,924. Selangor recorded the highest number of cases today with 2,414, followed by […]

RM593 mln spent on emergency procurement of equipment

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of RM593 million has been spent on emergency procurement of additional hospital equipment for Covid-19 treatment over the past two years, the Dewan Rakyat was told today (Sept 22). Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the procurements made in 2020 and this year (2021) had been distributed to health facilities nationwide. “The equipment include […]