Malaysia hits record daily high of 287 new coronavirus cases

Malaysia hit record daily high of 287 coronavirus cases since the first infection was detected in January, bringing the total number to 11,771 cases, the Health Ministry said Friday.The country has seen a surge in the COVID-19 cases, the disease caused by the novel coronavirus, mainly in Sabah state in Borneo and northern Kedah state in Peninsular Malaysia."Today the country recorded 287 new COVID-19 positive cases, the highest daily cases ever recorded since the beginning of the pandemic," Director General of Health Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a press statement."The rising trend is what t…READ FULL ARTICLE