Covid-19: Malaysia’s new daily cases top 20,000 for first time while death toll hits five digits on Aug 5
From 19,819 reported the day before — pushing further active cases to a new high of 217,061
From 19,819 reported the day before — pushing further active cases to a new high of 217,061
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the vaccine was manufactured by Rovi Pharma Industrial Services of Spain while the product registration holder is Zuellig Pharma Sdn Bhd
The Covid-19 virus has killed a total of 9,384 individuals in this year alone, compared with just 471 deaths in all of 2020
Selangor again topped the list with 5,836 infections, although this was a decline from yesterday’s 6,067
The three project sites are located in Taman Ungku Tun Aminah, Taman Nusa Sentral and Bandar Jaya Putra
In total, Malaysia has detected 1.15 million Covid-19 cases so far since the pandemic began in late January last year.
Today was the 18th straight day that the number of daily cases in the country stayed in the five-digit range
This was the fourth consecutive day the country administered over 500,000 doses. The previous record high was 553,871 shots posted on Tuesday (July 27).
Overall, 10 positive cases were detected through RTK-AG saliva test kits and another infection from real-time reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction (RT-PCR), according to a statement issued this morning.
The Klang Valley, comprising Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, recorded a total of 9,385 infections, down from 10,119 the day before