DAP veteran Lim Kit Siang mourned a huge rise in the number of fatalities yesterday as Malaysia hit a record 592 deaths in a single day, significantly more than the previous high of 393 on Aug 26.

However, the actual number of deaths is 100, with the rest due to a data backlog, according to the Health Ministry.

The latest deaths pushed the country past the 20,000 fatality threshold as the national death toll is now 20,419, as confirmed by the official Covid-19 data tracker site Covidnow.

The death toll was not released in...