Dr Noor Hisham said the death cases involving 119 Malaysians and 16 foreigners surpassed the previous record of 126 cases on June 2. – Bernama photo
KUALA LUMPUR (July 8): Malaysia reported its highest daily death toll since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic with 135 cases recorded in the past 24 hours .
Health director-general, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the additional cases brought the country’s total death toll to 5,903 people or 0.73 per cent of the total infections.
He said the death cases involving 119 Malaysians and 16 foreigners surpassed the previous record of 126 cases on June 2.
Meanwhile, the new Covid-19 infections today jumped to 8,868 cases from 7,097 cases reported yesterday bringing the cumulative cases to 808,658.
In a tweet, Dr Noor Hisham said Selangor also reported its highest daily cases with 4,152 cases followed by Kuala Lumpur (1,133); Negeri Sembilan (897); Johor (336); Sarawak (281) and Sabah (279). – Bernama
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