Covid-19: New daily cases drop below 3,000 mark, with 2,342 reported on Monday (Jan 17)

PETALING JAYA: There were 2,342 new Covid-19 infections reported in Malaysia on Monday (Jan 17), says the Health Ministry.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says this brings the cumulative total number of infections in the country to 2,810,669 cases since the pandemic began.

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