KUALA LUMPUR: The on-going Covid-19 pandemic pushed more households in Malaysia into poverty last year with Sabah, Kelantan and Terengganu the most impacted in terms of absolute poverty as incomes shrunk due to pay cuts or job losses.
The Statistics Department said on Friday the number of poor households increased to 639,800 households in 2020 as compared to 405,400 households in 2019.
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