PUTRAJAYA: The country registers its highest Covid-19 cases today with 317 new ones.
Today's figure is a significant increase from yesterday's 287.
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Sabah and Kedah recorded the highest new confirmed cases with 155 and 102 respectively.
This is followed by Selangor with 32 cases, nine in Terengganu, Federal Territory (four), Johor (four), Penang (three), Sarawak (three), Kelantan (two), Putrajaya (two) and one in Negri Sembilan.
The Covid-19 death toll in the country also rose to 137, when a 57-year-old man with underlying disease died on Oct 2 at the Tawau Hospital in Sabah.
As of noon today, the ministry also detected three new Covid-19 clusters.
Two were identified as Bah Lunas and Bah Rose in Kedah and another called the Jelok Cluster in Selangor and Kuala Lumpur.