KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 11,985 new COVID-19 cases were reported nationwide in the last 24 hours.

Health director-general, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a tweet, said that the latest developments bring the cumulative number of COVID-19 cases in the country to 951,884.

Selangor still recorded the highest number of new cases at 5,550, followed by Kuala Lumpur (1,174); Kedah (800); Negeri Sembilan (745); Johor (644); Pahang (603); and Sabah (474).

Melaka recorded 453 cases; Kelantan (386); Penang (362); Perak (274); Sarawak (261); Terengganu (171); Putrajaya (51); Labuan (35); and Perlis (two).

-- BERNAMA