Health DG expects daily Covid-19 cases to increase to 13,000 by June 14

KUALA LUMPUR (May 29): Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pictured) expects the number of daily Covid-19 cases to increase to 13,000 by June 14, 2021, according to a post on his Twitter page.

He said the R-nought (RO) may increase to 1.2 between May 29 and June 14, assuming that the standard operating procedures (SOPs) are not obeyed, versus the R0 rate of 1.15 yesterday.

Meanwhile, the Ministry of Health (MoH) reported 9,020 new cases today, marking the fifth consecutive day of record high daily infections, bringing the total number of cases to date in Malaysia to 558,534.

Selangor posted the highest number by state with 2,836 new cases today, followed by Kelantan (907 infections), Negeri Sembilan (898), Kuala Lumpur (789) and Sarawak (726).

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