New Covid-19 cases continue to exceed recoveries, five fatalities bring death toll to 1,313


PETALING JAYA: New daily Covid-19 cases continue to exceed recoveries after 1,854 new cases were detected in the country on Friday (April 9) against 1,247 patients discharged.

Read more here: Covid-19: 1,854 new cases, Sarawak tops list at 555

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the cumulative discharge number now stood at 341,489 while there are still 14,805 active cases throughout the country.

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