KUALA LUMPUR, Feb 3 — New daily Covid-19 cases for the week compiled by Bernama from January 28 to February 2 surged 42 per cent to 1,629 from the previous week.
For the record, new daily cases for the period January 21 to January 26 totalled 1,149, with the highest figure at 293 recorded on January 21. The lowest case was at 101 recorded on January 24.
New daily Covid-19 cases yesterday stood at 324 with four (4) imported and zero death cases. Zero deaths were reported on February 1, January 31 and January 29.
Active Covid-19 cases in the country rose slightly to 10,073 and of the total, 9,653 (95.8 per cent) were home quarantined.
According to the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH)’s MOHNow data as of 11.59pm yesterday, out of 324 new daily cases yesterday, Selangor recorded three digit figures with 138 infections. Labuan reported zero cases.
Eight states reported two digit figures namely Kuala Lumpur (68), Perak (17), Sarawak (16), Melaka (14), Penang (13), Negeri Sembilan (11), Terengganu (11) and Kedah (10).
Six states recorded one digit figures namely Johor (eight), Sabah (six), Putrajaya (five), Pahang (five), Kelantan (one) and Perlis (one).
Total cumulative Covid-19 cases in the country as of yesterday stood at 5,037,242 with 4,990,227 recoveries and 36,942 deaths. The Covid-19 pandemic hit the nation on January 25, 2020. Malaysia entered the transition to endemic phase on April 1, 2022.
With a cumulative figure of 5,037,242 cases, Malaysia now ranked 28th in the list of 229 countries/territories hit by the Covid-19 pandemic. Ahead of Malaysia are Chile (5,123,007 cases) and Ukraine (5,373,104 casess).
According to Worldometer, of the list of 229 countries, Japan reported the highest new daily cases (45,299) followed by Taiwan (27,085) and Brazil (19,973).
On Covid-19 fatalities, the US reported the highest figure with 1,135,332 cases.
— Bernama
