Positive cases exceed 60,000, big hike in recovery
COVID-19 WEEKLY ROUND-UP BY MELATI MOHD ARIFF KUALA LUMPUR: Daily new Covid-19 cases reported returned to three figures over the last two days but Malaysia’s total positive cases have now gone past the 60,000 mark. Beginning with three positive cases that were reported on Jan 25, Malaysia now has a cumulative total of 60,752 Covid-19 […]
Total number of cases goes over 51,000
WEEKLY ROUND-UP KUALA LUMPUR: Starting with just three positive cases that were reported on Jan 25, Malaysia’s cumulative Covid-19 cases have now gone past the 51,000 mark while active cases have reached a new high of over 13,000. Yesterday, 1,290 new cases were recorded, bringing the nation’s total Covid-19 infections to 51,680 and active cases […]
Sabah still major contributor to new cases
WEEKLY ROUND-UP BY MELATI MOHD ARIFF This week, Sabah continued to be the major contributor to daily new Covid-19 infections in Malaysia where total case numbers have exceeded 36,000 some 10 months after the pandemic hit the nation. With daily new cases during the week under review hovering between 600 and 1,000, they exceeded the […]
CMCO lowers daily new case numbers
WEEKLY ROUND-UP By Melati Mohd Ariff This is a round-up of COVID-19 related matters in Malaysia and globally from Oct 24 up to 12.30pm today. In Malaysia, case numbers have exceeded 30,000. Globally the virus has infected more than 45 million people and caused over a million deaths. More than 200 countries and territories are […]
Active cases escalate to nearly 6,000
WEEKLY ROUNDUP By Melati Mohd Ariff This is a round-up of Covid-19 related matters in Malaysia and globally from Oct 10 up to 12.30pm Friday. In Malaysia, cases exceed 18,000 and globally, the virus has infected more than 39 million people and caused over a million deaths. More than 200 countries and territories are affected […]
Covid-19 Weekly Roundup October 3-9
BY MELATI MOHD ARIFF This is a round-up of Covid-19 related matters in Malaysia and globally from Oct 3 up to 12.30pm Thursday. KUALA LUMPUR: This week, daily new Covid-19 cases rose in numbers never seen before in this country, with the highest – 691 – recorded on last Tuesday. Three states, Sabah, Kedah and Selangor, continued to […]
Sudden spike in cases unsettling
BY MELATI MOHD ARIFF KUALA LUMPUR: “The burning embers have to be doused before it turns into a raging fire” is what Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said when announcing the current Covid-19 infectivity rate which has hit a critical level. Speaking during a question and answer session with the media after a Covid-19 […]
Sharp rise in cases worrying
COVID-19 WEEKLY ROUND-UP This is a round-up of Covid-19 related matters in Malaysia and globally from July 18 up to 12.30 pm yesterday. In Malaysia, case numbers have exceeded 8,800 and globally, the virus has infected more than 15 million people and caused over 600,000 deaths. More than 200 countries and territories are affected by […]
New infections due to imported, cluster cases
This is a round-up of Covid-19 related matters in Malaysia and globally from July 11 up to 12.30pm yesterday. In Malaysia, case numbers have exceeded 8,000 and globally, the virus has infected nearly 14 million people and caused over 590,000 deaths. More than 200 countries and territories are affected by the pandemic. BY MELATI MOHD […]
New cases down, more patients recover
Covid-19 weekly round-up This is a round-up of Covid-19 related matters in Malaysia and globally from April 20 up to 12.30pm yesterday. In Malaysia, case numbers have exceeded the 5,000 mark and globally, the virus has infected more than 2.7 million people and caused more than 190,000 deaths. More than 200 countries and territories are […]
