Covid-19: Cases up slightly to 1,745, seven more deaths

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A healthcare worker collects swab samples to test for Covid-19 at Dewan Desa Temuan in Kota Damansara January 29, 2021. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri
A healthcare worker collects swab samples to test for Covid-19 at Dewan Desa Temuan in Kota Damansara January 29, 2021. — Picture by Ahmad Zamzahuri

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KUALA LUMPUR, Mar 3 — Malaysia’ new Covid-19 cases rose slightly today, a day before the movement control order will be lifted for all remaining states, but remained below the 2,000-mark with 1,745 new infections reported.

This brings the cumulative number of Covid-19 infections detected locally to 305,880 cases.

A tweet by the Ministry of Health included that seven more deaths were recorded over the last day, bringing the country’s Covid-19 death toll to 1,148 Covid-19 to date.

Numbers of new Covid-19 infections have so far hovered below the 2,000-case mark in the three days of March, with restrictions set to ease across the country beginning Friday.

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