In Malaysia, it all started when three “flu-like” cases caused by a relatively unknown coronavirus were detected on Jan 25, 2020. Fast forward to 18 months later, the cumulative case number is fast approaching the one-million mark.

Yesterday, Malaysia’s Covid-19 cases totalled 964,918 after 13,034 new infections were reported while the active caseload swelled to 142,051.

Malaysia has been burdened with five-figure new cases since July 13 when 11,079 new infections were registered nationwide.

Following is the daily breakdown of new cases...