Malaysia Reports Over 10,000 New COVID-19 Cases for Three Consecutive Days... Total Cases Reach 880,000

On the 13th (local time), the streets in the center of the capital Kuala Lumpur were empty. [Image source=Yonhap News]

[Asia Economy Reporter Song Seung-seop] Malaysia reported 13,215 new confirmed cases. For three consecutive days, the number has remained in the 10,000 range, pushing the cumulative confirmed cases past 880,000.

According to the Malaysian Ministry of Health on the 15th, the new death toll as of the previous day was 118, bringing the total deaths to 6,503.

Malaysia implemented a lockdown starting in June as confirmed cases surged due to the spread of the COVID-19 Delta variant. Stores except for essential businesses were closed, and going out was prohibited except for purchasing groceries and other necessities. However, despite strong social distancing measures, new confirmed cases continue to rise.

Hospitals within the country are reported to be at full capacity. On social media (SNS), a video circulated showing hospital beds and medical equipment being set up in the parking lot of a military hospital in the capital, Kuala Lumpur.

Health authorities also placed temporary beds in hospital yards and converted underground parking lots into COVID-19 emergency wards. Fifty patients were transferred to the parking lot ward the previous day, with plans to increase the capacity to 150.

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