MALAYSIA today recorded its lowest Covid-19 daily cases in 2021, with 1,529 new infections reported in the last 24 hours.

The number of new cases today means that the country has now recorded less than 2,000 daily cases for the third straight day running.

Director-general of health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah posted the number of new cases and its breakdown by states on his social media accounts.

Noor Hisham said that Selangor led in the number of infections by state with 726 cases, followed by Sarawak with 252 and Johor with 120.

Labuan was the only state to not report any cases today. 

On overall cases by state, Selangor tops the chart with 105,380 cases, followed by Sabah with 53, 557 cases and Johor with 38, 121 cases. 

The country once again reported more recoveries than new infections with 2,076 patients having recovered in the past 24 hours. 

This would be the 12^th straight day that recoveries outnumbered new infections. 

The number of active cases in the country now stands at 19,778, with 160 admitted in the intensive care unit (ICU), where 79 require respiratory support. 

Apart from this, there were eight fatalities reported today, taking the death toll to 1,177.

All victims were men and over the age of 60. 

Of the eight patients, one was a foreigner.

Two deaths each were reported in the state of Sabah, Penang and Johor, while Kuala Lumpur and Sarawak accounted for one death each. – March 8, 2021.