Healthcare workers collect swab samples to test for Covid-19 during a mass screening exercise in Taman Manggis, George Town August 12, 2021. — Picture by Sayuti Zainudin
KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 23 — Malaysia’s Covid-19 numbers trended downwards for the fourth day in a row as the Health Ministry recorded 17,672 new cases today.
A tweet by the Ministry of Health revealed the new figure as daily case numbers dropped for the fourth successive day after reporting a record high of more than 23,000 cases last Friday.
This brings the local Covid-19 cumulative case tally to 1,572,765 to date.
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