PETALING JAYA: Malaysia recorded 18,762 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday (Sept 1), bringing the cumulative total to 1,765,016. In a tweet on Wednesday, the Health Ministry said of the figure, 18,757 were local infections while five were imported cases. Another 278 people succumbed to Covid-19, bringing the country's death toll to 16,942. It also said there were 21,073 recoveries for a total of 1,482,800 to date. Selangor recorded the highest number of cases at 3,711, followed by Sabah (2,430) and Sarawak (2,414).

Source: The Star September 01, 2021 06:56 UTC