Covid-19 Watch: Recoveries outpace new cases for first time since June

By JOSEPH KAOS Jr

Nation
Monday, 23 Aug 2021
7:51 PM MYT

PUTRAJAYA: For the first time in nearly two months, Covid-19 recoveries in Malaysia outnumbered new cases.

The Health Ministry’s daily Covid-19 updates on Monday (August 23) reported 17,672 new cases and 19,053 recoveries.

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Tags / Keywords: Covid-19 , New Cases , Recoveries , Deaths , Health DG , Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah

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