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Malaysia has reported a new record number of Covid-19 infections today (Aug. 18), with a total of 22,242 cases.
Previous record was six days ago
The previous record high was on Aug. 12, with 21,668 cases of Covid-19 reported in a day.
This is also the eighth time Malaysia has recorded over 20,000 daily cases in August.
The total number of Covid-19 cases in the country is now 1,466,512.
Nine states reported four-digit figures
According to Malaysia's Ministry of Health, nine states reported four-digit figures today:
- Selangor (6,858 cases)
- Sabah (2,413 cases)
- Penang (1,867 cases)
- Kedah (1,852 cases)
- Kuala Lumpur (1,587 cases)
- Johor (1,477 cases)
- Serawak (1,403 cases)
- Kelantan (1,351 cases)
- Perak (1,036 cases)
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