Covid-19: Daily cases drop below 200 for first time since 2020 with 142 new infections


PETALING JAYA: Malaysia detected 142 new Covid-19 infections on Monday (Jan 23), bringing the total number of cases in the country to 5,034,972 since the pandemic began.

The Health Ministry's KKMNow portal reported that 141 of Monday's Covid-19 infections were locally transmitted while there was one imported case.

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