The number of Covid-19 cases remained above 500 on Monday (Oct 12), with 563 new infections in the past 24 hours, says the Health Ministry.<br /><br />Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said of the 563 new cases, 291 are reported in Sabah, followed by Penang with 141 cases and Selangor with 69 cases.<br /><br />Two fatalities were reported, which means the Covid-19 death toll in the country is now 159.<br /><br />Read more at https://bit.ly/34SQTbM<br /><br />WATCH MORE: https://thestartv.com/c/news<br />SUBSCRIBE: https://cutt.ly/TheStar<br />LIKE: https://fb.com/TheStarOnline
