Human Writes: We can't really know how many Covid-19 cases Malaysia has

A screen capture of the Johns Hopkins Coronavirus Resource Center page. The live page can be accessed at coronavirus.jhu.edu/map.html.

The daily Covid-19 infection numbers in Malaysia dropped to double digits for several days in the week beginning April 20, 2020. That’s encouraging. But Malaysians can’t celebrate just yet.

These numbers must be treated with caution. As I’ll explain, the numbers have unseen layers, just like the disease. You have to peel away the layers to get the full story.