30,246 new Covid-19 cases, 113 deaths

Aminah Farid3 years ago10th Mar 2022News

Candlelight vigil covid-19 dead 100322 — An activist lights a candle for Covid-19 victims at Dataran Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur, on August 19, 2021. Two years after its outbreak, the coronavirus has killed 33,497 people in Malaysia. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, March 9, 2022.

MALAYSIA yesterday again breached the 30,000 mark for new Covid-19 infections, this time by 246 cases, the Health Ministry said today.

The CovidNow website showed 3.71 million people in the country had now been infected while active cases stood at 310,161.

Selangor posted the highest number of infections yesterday with 6,606, followed by Kedah (3,179), Johor (2,986), Kuala Lumpur (2,856), Penang (2,462), Negri Sembilan (1,798), Sarawak (1,727), Kelantan (1,691), Pahang (1,529), Perak (1,442), Sabah (1,352), Terengganu (1,283), Malacca (725), Labuan (246), Perlis (224), and Putrajaya (140).

The website showed 113 daily virus deaths, 41 of which were classified dead on arrival.

The new deaths brought the coronavirus toll in Malaysia to 33,497, of which 7,061 were DOA.

The deaths were reported in Selangor (22) followed by Sabah (18), Johor (14), Penang (10), Pahang (9), Perak (7), Negri Sembilan (6), Terengganu (4), Kelantan (3), Malacca (2), Perlis (2), Sarawak (2), and Kuala Lumpur (2). – March 10, 2022.

The Malaysian Insight

Advertisement