Daily new Covid-19 cases surge to 1,629

New daily Covid-19 cases for the week compiled by Bernama from Jan 28 to Feb 2 surged 42 percent to 1,629 from the previous week.

For the record, new daily cases for the period Jan 21 to 26 totalled 1,149, with the highest figure at 293 recorded on Jan 21. The lowest case was at 101 recorded on Jan 24.

New daily Covid-19 cases yesterday stood at 324 with four imported and zero death cases. Zero deaths were reported on Feb 1, and Jan 29 and 31.

Active Covid-19 cases in the country rose slightly to 10,073 and of the total, 9,653 (95.8 percent) were home-quarantined.

According to the Health Ministry's data as of 11.59pm yesterday, out of 324 new daily cases yesterday, Selangor...