INTERACTIVE: Malaysia weekly Covid-19 cases up 24%, deaths rise by 15%

Sunway University nursing student Chew Wan Teng, 20 assisting with non-medical duties as people arrive for their vaccinations at the Sunway Pyramid Convention Center PPV, June 25, 2021. Students have stepped up to help out at Covid-19 vaccine centres as facility volunteers. — GLENN GUAN/The Star

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's Covid-19 outbreak is growing at a faster pace, with cases rising by 24% in the seven-day period from July 4-10 compared to the week before:

* Infections in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur made up 58.4% of all the 54,584 new cases which occured over the week.