Covid-19 Watch: 1,616 new cases bring total to 5,006,855


PETALING JAYA: Malaysia recorded 1,616 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday (Dec 8), says the Health Ministry.

According to the ministry's KKMNow portal, 1,615 of the new Covid-19 infections in the country were local transmissions, while there was 1 imported case.

This brings the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 5,006,855 cases since the pandemic began.

A total of 4 deaths were recorded on Thursday with 1 classified as being brought in dead, bringing the total to 36,742.

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