News by syafiqah Salim

Selangor — the worst hit state — saw its number of new cases dropped to 1,523 today from 1,973 the day before.

Selangor saw a jump in the number of cases today to 2,558 from 1,510 yesterday

A total of 13,023 individuals had been screened, of whom 3,511 or 27% had been tested positive for the virus.

Until yesterday (June 9), Malaysia’s cumulative number of SARS-CoV-2 cases categorised under the VOC and VOI segments was 161.

Selangor today recorded 1,510 newly confirmed Covid-19-infected individuals compared with 2,291 yesterday.

Minister of the National Covid-19 Immunisation Programme Khairy Jamaluddin said Selangor was previously allocated 17% of total nationwide vaccine procurements but with the delivery of more vaccines expected this month as well as the opening of new vaccination centres, the State will be able to handle more volume compared to previous months

The second consecutive day in which daily infections showed an upward trend

The contract, to be undertaken by the group’s 51%-owned subsidiary SH Moment Builder Sdn Bhd (SHM), involves Package 2, Section 4 of the rail link.

In a bourse filing today, the group’s two wholly-owned subsidiaries, namely Latitude Tree Furniture Sdn Bhd and Rhong Khen Industries Sdn Bhd, suspended their operations from today until June 18. Meanwhile, the 13 workers who tested positive for the virus are currently undergoing treatment and quarantine.

Selangor — which remained the worst-hit state — recorded 1,524 new cases today, up from 1,374 reported yesterday