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Seek medical help if you feel unwell

By Petronella Felix  KUCHING: It is pertinent to educate the rural people to seek medical assistance when they feel unwell, said Layar assemblyman Gerald Rentap Jabu. He was commenting on the six fatalities recorded in Pusa on Saturday (Sept 18); four were brought-in-dead (BID) cases at the Betong Hospital. Rentap said that most of the […]

Slight drop in new cases nationwide

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 19,057 new Covid-19 cases were reported on Saturday (Sept 4), down from 19,378 cases on Friday (Sept 3). Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a posting on Facebook and Twitter, said this brought the cumulative number of Covid-19 infections in Malaysia to 1,824,439. Selangor remains the state […]

New cases drop to below 20K

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of new Covid-19 cases in the country dropped to 19,378 today (Sept 3), compared to 20,988 on Thursday. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, through his postings on Facebook and Twitter, said the cumulative number of cases had now reached 1,805,382. Selangor continued to chalk up the highest number […]

20,988 new cases on Thursday

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of Covid-19 new cases in the country rose to 20,988 from 18,762 yesterday. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah through his posting on his Facebook page, said the cumulative number of cases had now reached 1,786,004. Selangor remained as the state with the highest number of daily cases at 4,073, followed by […]

New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia drop by more than 2,500

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 22,070 new Covid-19 cases were reported in Malaysia today, a drop of 2,529 cases from yesterday, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. In a post on his official Facebook account, he said this brings the cumulative figure for positive cases to 1,662,913. Dr Noor Hisham said Selangor […]

Malaysia hits record-high of 24,599 daily Covid-19 cases today

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia today recorded 24,599 new cases of Covid-19, the highest daily figure since the pandemic hit the country last year. In a Facebook post, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the new development brought the cumulative number of cases in the country to 1,640,843. He said Selangor continued to record […]

22,948 new cases, highest so far in country

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia today recorded 22,948 new cases of Covid-19, the highest in a day since the pandemic hit the country. Sharing the latest data on the viral infection via his Twitter account, Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the latest development has brought the cumulative number of cases to 1,489,460. He said Selangor continued […]

Delta strain puts more children in hospital now

BY NINA MUSLIM MORE children are being hospitalised for Covid-19 now compared to any other time of this ongoing pandemic, according to doctors, as the highly contagious Delta strain becomes more dominant in Malaysia.  University Malaya Medical Centre (UMMC) consultant paediatric cardiologist Associate Prof Dr Norazah Zahari told Bernama more children have been coming in […]

19,631 new cases reported today

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 19,631 new Covid-19 cases were reported nationwide in the past 48 hours, which is a reduction of 109 cases compared to Monday’s total of 19,740, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. “This takes the total number of infections in the country, so far, to 1,444,270,” he tweeted. He said […]

21,468 new cases reported on Friday

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported 21,468 new Covid-19 infections today, a slight drop compared to the 21,668 cases reported yesterday, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said. Sharing data via a Twitter post, Dr Noor Hisham said the latest daily figure takes the Covid-19 cumulative case total to 1,363,683. Selangor remained the state with […]