Weekly Covid-19 cases jump 119%


KUALA LUMPUR: The number of new Covid-19 cases in the country in the 19th epidemiological week (ME19) this year (May 8-14) increased by 119.2% to 19,137 cases, compared to 8,732 cases in ME18.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the development took the Covid-19 case tally in Malaysia to 4,475,873, with 29,762 active cases currently.

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