BERNAMA
31/01/2021
KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 31 -- The daily number of COVID-19 cases in the country remained above 5,000 for the third straight day, albeit reducing slightly to 5,298, while 4,522 cases were reported to have recovered, the highest daily total so far.
The previous high was 4,427 recoveries on Jan 24.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the new developments took the total number of cases recorded in the country so far to 214,959, with 166,049 fully recovered, and 48,150 cases still active.
"Of the number of new cases today, 5,295 are local transmissions while the other three are import cases involving two citizens and a foreigner.
"Selangor reported the highest number of new daily cases with 2,460, followed by Johor (1,020) and Kuala Lumpur (783)," he said in a statement today.
