A record high of 3,027 cases


PETALING JAYA: As the daily Covid-19 cases in the country hit past the 3,000 mark for the first time, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has warned that the number of cases could reach 8,000 a day in March if the infectivity rate – known as R-naught (R0) – stays at 1.2.

Yesterday’s 3,027 cases, the highest since the pandemic started, exceeded the previous day’s record high of 2,593 cases.

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