Malaysia reported 260 new cases of Covid-19 today of which only one is imported while the remaining 259 were locally acquired infections.

The number includes four new clusters in Selangor, Sabah, Putrajaya, and Kedah.

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah noted that this is the second-highest increase in the number of cases in a single day, after the 277 cases recorded on June 4 amid the outbreak at the Bukit Jalil immigration detention depot at the time.