COVID-19: 125 new cases in a single day, total at 553 | Kini News - 16 Mar
On Sunday, Malaysia's total Covid-19 cases almost doubled in a single day to 428 cases, and today that number grew to 553 cases.
Health Minister Dr Adham Baba, at the ministry's daily press conference on the Covid-19 situation, announced another three-digit increase, with 125 new cases as of Monday.
He said of these, 95 of the new cases could be traced to a tabligh gathering at Sri Petaling mosque which took place from Feb 27 to March 1.
As such, the total number of patients who participated in the gathering is 338.
Adham said the number of patients in the intensive care unit and requiring the aid of a ventilator to breath have also increased from nine to 12.