Bad News, Malaysia Prints Record Of COVID-19 Infection Cases
JAKARTA - Malaysia reported 6,075 new cases of COVID-19 infection, setting a record high daily report on Wednesday 19 May, as the country continues to battle the third wave of COVID-19 infections.
Based on Worldometers data, there were a total of 485,496 cases of COVID-19 with total deaths reaching 2,040 people, where on Wednesday the number of deaths increased by 46 people.
"This is the first time that a new daily COVID-19 case in Malaysia has crossed the 6,000 marks. The previous record for the neighboring country was 5,728 new COVID-19 cases as of January 30", the Malaysian Ministry of Health said, launching Channel News Asia Wednesday, May 19.
The majority of the new cases were in the Klang Valley area, covering Selangor as many as 2,251 cases and Kuala Lumpur with 660 cases. Next, respectively, there were 699 new cases in Johor, 445 in Kedah, and 441 in Kelantan. Sarawak and Penang reported 323 and 183 cases, respectively.
Further information will be provided by the Director-General of Health, Malaysian Ministry of Health Noor Hisham Abdullah in his daily update on Wednesday evening local time.
Malaysian health authorities have in recent days appealed to citizens to stay at home, minimizing nonessential activity.
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"Our doctors are voicing their helplessness and frustration, (and are) struggling to secure ICU beds for their patients at times like never before", said Dr. Noor Hisham in his Twitter upload on Sunday.
"The intensive care unit is overwhelmed by the demand for more beds every day, not only for COVID-19 patients but also for many critical non-coronavirus cases", he added.