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Malaysia has once again reached a new record of daily Covid-19 cases today (19 August) with 22,948 new cases.

The previous high was recorded just yesterday (18 August) with 22,242 cases.

Health Director General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah shared that the breakdown of cases according to each state and territory is as follows (including cumulative cases):

  • Selangor – 7,175 (538,146)
  • WP Kuala Lumpur – 1,439 (160,650)
  • Johor – 1,526 (116,667)
  • Sabah – 2,583 (113,929)
  • Sarawak – 1,206 (92,016)
  • Negeri Sembilan – 556 (86,835)
  • Kedah – 2,137 (76,076)
  • Pulau Pinang – 1,655 (66,359)
  • Kelantan – 1,271 (62,233)
  • Perak – 1,229 (54,886)
  • Melaka – 737 (42,586)
  • Pahang – 736 (36,501)
  • Terengganu – 621 (26,610)
  • WP Labuan – 9 (9,759)
  • WP Putrajaya – 26 (5,016)
  • Perlis – 42 (1,191)

With these latest numbers, Malaysia has reported a total of 1,489,460 cases of Covid-19 infection.

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