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KUALA LUMPUR (May 17): Malaysia's new Covid-19 cases clawed back above the 4,000 level today with 4,446 cases reported in the country versus yesterday's 3,780, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

PETALING JAYA (May 17): The Health Ministry is mulling to implement a “full scale” movement control order (MCO) in Selangor, in view of the spiking number of Covid-19 cases in the state, reported Free Malaysia Today.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 16): Amid complaints of poor conditions and inadequate facilities provided at quarantine centres, the Selangor Health Department admitted today that the situation at Covid-19 Integrated Quarantine and Treatment Centre (PKRC) at the Malaysia Agro Exposition Park Serdang (MAEPS) 2.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 14): The Edge Covid-19 Equipment Fund sent 33 ventilators and five oxygen concentrators to Hospital Sungai Buloh today for the treatment of Covid-19 patients, in response to the surge in cases requiring treatment in intensive care units and respiratory aid.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 14): Malaysia marked the second-deadliest day of the Covid-19 pandemic with 34 deaths reported — a mere two days after it reported 39 fatalities, the highest daily toll yet since the onset of the pandemic in January last year.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 14): The Ministry of Health (MoH) has predicted that daily Covid-19 cases could exceed 8,000 by June if standard operating procedures (SOPs) to prevent the spread of the coronavirus are not adhered to.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 13): Daily new Covid-19 cases rose to 4,855 — the fourth-highest number of infections reported in a single day — bringing Malaysia's total cases to 458,077, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH) on Twitter.

  KUALA LUMPUR (May 12): Malaysia reported a record high of 39 Covid-19 deaths today while new cases rose sharply to 4,765 from 3,973 yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 10): The Ministry of Health (MoH) said 67% of public hospital beds were used to treat those infected by Covid-19, including suspected and probable patients, as of last Saturday (May 8).

KUALA LUMPUR (May 9): Malaysia's daily number of newly confirmed Covid-19 cases fell to 3,733 today from 4,519 yesterday.