PETALING JAYA: The country's number of Covid-19 cases continued its downward trend by recording 17,236 new infections on Monday (Aug 9).

       Health director-general tweeted that this brought the cumulative number of cases in the country to 1,279,776.

       Selangor remained the state with the highest number of cases with 5,740 infections, followed by Kuala Lumpur (1,567), Kedah (1,328), Sabah (1,247), Johor (1,232), Negri Sembilan (1,215), Perak (935), Kelantan (914), Penang (908), Pahang (604), Sarawak (589), Terengganu (501), Putrajaya (66), Perlis (22), and Labuan (eight).

       The number of daily cases have been decreasing for the past few days since the country recorded its high number of cases in a single day on Friday (Aug 6) with 20,889 infections.

       More to come

       Sehingga 9 Ogos 2021. Jumlah kes COVID-19 yang dilaporkan adalah 17,236 kes (1,279,776 kes).

       Pecahan setiap negeri (Kumulatif):

       Selangor -5,740 (470,755)

       WPKL -1,567 (141,971)

       Johor - 1,232 (101,684)

       Sabah - 1,247 (95,082)

       Sarawak - 589 (81,917)

       Negeri Sembilan - 1,215 (79,992) pic.twitter.com/p40rp9kj4z

       — Noor Hisham Abdullah (@DGHisham) August 9, 2021