COVID: 4,571 NEW CASES THURSDAY, SELANGOR STILL RECORDS HIGHEST TALLY

Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham.

4 FEB 2021

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia today recorded 4,571 new daily COVID-19 cases, taking the total number of positive cases in the country to 231,483, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham. He said 4,082 recoveries were reported today while the total number of active cases was at 48,771. “Of the new cases, only three were import cases who were infected overseas. The remaining 4,568 cases involved local transmissions,” he said in a statement on COVID-19 development today.

He said Selangor continued to record the highest number of daily cases, with 2,056, followed by Johor (664 cases) and Kuala Lumpur (481). Meanwhile, Sarawak had 270 cases, Melaka (238), Sabah (175), Perak (163), Penang (157), Negeri Sembilan (100), Pahang (78), Terengganu (69), Kedah (51), Kelantan (48), Putrajaya (20) and Labuan (one). - Bernama