KUALA LUMPUR (April 25): Malaysia recorded 2,690 new Covid-19 cases today, down from 2,717 yesterday, bringing the number of cumulative coronavirus cases in the country to date to 392,942. This is the 11th consecutive day the daily additions remain above the 2,000 mark.
The country also recorded 10 more deaths from the coronavirus, which raised the pandemic’s death toll in the country to 1,436, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
New recoveries came in at 1,853, which raised total recoveries to 367,753, representing a recovery rate of 93.6%. Active cases, however, climbed to 23,753 from 22,926 yesterday, as new cases continued to outpace daily recoveries.
Of the new cases, 10 were imported infections involving eight foreigners and two locals.
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