Covid-19: 20,897 new cases, 282 deaths recorded on Tuesday (Aug 31)


PUTRAJAYA: A total of 20,897 new Covid-19 cases were reported in the past 24 hours, up from 19,268 cases on Monday (Aug 30).

The country has recorded more than 20,000 cases daily from Aug 24-29, with the highest figure of 24,599 on Aug 26.

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