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New cases drop to 15,500

Below 3,000 cases in Sarawak, under 2,000 in Selangor.

Staff Writers
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People wearing protective masks cross a street outside a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Sept 6. Photo: Reuters
People wearing protective masks cross a street outside a shopping mall in Kuala Lumpur, Sept 6. Photo: Reuters

Another 15,549 Covid-19 cases were recorded today, taking total confirmed infections in the country to 2,082,876.

Sarawak recorded 2,929 cases, Johor 2,208, Selangor 1,995, Sabah 1,395, Penang 1,375, Kelantan 1,214, Perak 1,120 and Kedah 1,073.

Terengganu recorded 755 cases, Pahang 634, Melaka 263 and Negeri Sembilan 131.

Perlis recorded 33 cases, Putrajaya 31 and Labuan 11.

Another 17,205 patients recovered, bringing total recoveries to 1,840,453.

Meanwhile 1,165 are in the ICU, including 888 confirmed Covid-19 patients.

A total of 689 are in need of respiratory assistance including 401 confirmed Covid-19 cases.

Of the total cases reported today, 263 (1.69%) are in Category Three and above while 15,286 (98.31%) are in Category One and Two.