PETALING JAYA: Malaysia recorded 3,516 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday (Aug 17), bringing the total number of infections in the country to 4,744,929 since the pandemic began.
The Health Ministry's CovidNow portal reported that 3,513 of Wednesday's new infections were locally transmitted while there were three imported cases.
As at 11.59pm Wednesday, there were 41,701 active Covid-19 cases in the country, with 40,034, or 96% of the total, observing home quarantine and 41, or 0.1%, being treated at quarantine and treatment centres nationwide.
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