Malaysia Reports Record Daily Covid Cases as Pressure Mounts
Traffic moves along a near-empty highway during a nationwide Movement Control Order in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia on May 12.
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Malaysia reported its biggest single-day increase in Covid cases since the pandemic began, adding pressure on the government to do more after imposing nationwide curbs on movement this month.
The country had 6,075 new Covid-19 cases Wednesday, with the nation’s richest state Selangor contributing the most number of new infections with 2,251 cases, according to Health Director General Noor Hisham Abdullah in a tweet. This was followed by the southern state of Johor at 699 and capital city of Kuala Lumpur at 660, he said.