Covid-19 Watch: 293 new cases, nationwide ICU bed usage at 61pc


PETALING JAYA: Malaysia recorded 293 new Covid-19 cases on Saturday (Jan 21), bringing the total number of cases in the country to 5,034,521 infections since the pandemic began.

The Health Ministry's KKMNow portal reported that all of Friday's new Covid-19 cases were local transmissions with no imported infections being logged.

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