INTERACTIVE: Covid-19 cases have eased in Malaysia; is the country finally turning the corner?


  • Nation
  • Friday, 27 May 2022

A crowd of visitors at a shopping mall in Batu Kawan, Penang. - CHAN BOON KAI/The Star

PETALING JAYA: On March 5 this year, Malaysia reported 33,406 new Covid-19 infections, the highest number of daily infections ever recorded since the pandemic started.

Two months later and the wave of cases has ebbed with reported daily infections remaining below 3,000 since May 14.

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