The Malaysian Insight

MALAYSIA recorded 7,654 new Covid-19 cases today, its highest number in 31 days.

The last time the country reported more cases than today was June 4, with 7,748 cases.

Director-general of health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Selangor continued to account for the bulk of the cases with 3,260.  

Kuala Lumpur was second, registering 1,550 cases and Negri Sembilan third with 698.

This was followed by Kedah (337), Johor (313), Sarawak (286), Sabah (225), Malacca (230), Penang (185), Pahang (180), Kelantan (118), Perak (94), Labuan (82), Terengganu (61), Putrajaya (33) and Perlis (2).

The national caseload currently stands at 792,693.

More than nine million Covid-19 vaccine shots have been administered, 313,761 of them yesterday. 

This is just above 100,000 more than the 204,015 given on Sunday, as the government works to ramp up the number of daily vaccinations. 

Of the shots given yesterday, 196,603 were first doses and 117,158, second doses, said the Special Committee on Covid-19 Vaccine Supply on Twitter.

This means 2.74 million people, or 8.4% of the population, have been fully inoculated with two doses.

Another 6.59 million people, or 20.2% of the population, have received their first dose. – July 6, 2021.