COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 2,641 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the cumulative infections to 2,788,860.
The number of fresh infections today is the lowest in 21 days, since Dec 20.
Nationally, the number of hospital admissions of confirmed Covid-19 patients in the last seven days have declined by 1.8 percent compared to the preceding week.
The Health Ministry will only publish today’s breakdown of new cases by states after midnight on its CovidNow portal.
The breakdown by states for yesterday (Jan 9), where 2,888 new cases were reported, is as follows:
Selangor (770)
Johor (326)
Kuala Lumpur (272)
Kedah (223)
Sabah (198)
Kelantan (195)
Penang (186)
Negeri Sembilan (158)
Pahang (148)
Malacca (139)
Perak (121)
Terengganu (90)
Sarawak (22)
Labuan (18)
Putrajaya (14)
Perlis (8)
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