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KUALA LUMPUR (June 3): Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases climbed to 8,209 today, while 103 more deaths were recorded, the second straight day of triple-digit fatalities.

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.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 25) : Malaysia’s new Covid-19 cases topped the 7,000 mark for the first time today with 7,289 infections, higher than the 6,509 reported yesterday, said the Health Ministry.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 22): Business outlets throughout the country may only operate from 8am to 8pm daily starting Tuesday (May 25) as part of measures to curb the rising Covid-19 cases.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 21): Malaysia's number of daily newly confirmed Covid-19 cases dropped to 6,493 today from a record high of 6,806 yesterday, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 19): Malaysia hit another daily high of 6,075 new Covid-19 cases today — up from 4,865 yesterday — pushing cumulative positive cases in the country to 485,496, according to Health Ministry director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a statement today.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 15): Malaysia reported a record high of 44 Covid-19 deaths today as new cases climbed to 4,140 — the fourth consecutive day new cases came in above the 4,000 mark — from 4,113 yesterday.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 7): Daily new Covid-19 cases in Malaysia surged to 4,498 today – the fifth highest number reported in a single day – from 3,551 yesterday, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a statement.

KUALA LUMPUR (May 6): Malaysia today recorded a total of 3,551 new Covid-19 cases, pushing the cumulative figure of positive cases in the country to 427,927, according to Ministry of Health (MoH) director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

KUALA LUMPUR (April 29): Malaysia saw Covid-19 cases rise to 3,332 today, from 3,142 reported yesterday, marking the second straight day new infections have breached the 3,000-case threshold.