PETALING JAYA — Malaysia on Tuesday (May 25) reported 7,289 new coronavirus infections, the country’s highest daily tally yet.
The new infections bring the total number of cases in the South-east Asian nation to 525,889.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said that Selangor topped the list of states with the highest number of cases, at 2,642, followed by Johor at 664 cases and capital Kuala Lumpur at 604.
In eastern state Sarawak, where cases have been rising since March, the state is also recording an average of three deaths per day in May alone, says acting state Health director Dr Rosemawati Ariffin.
She said 74 deaths were reported fro…
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