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 The Southeast Asian nation is seeing a surge in COVID-19 cases,
partly due to more infectious variants, and has imposed stricter
lockdown measures that have shut down non-essential businesses.
It was the highest number of coronavirus deaths in Malaysia since
the 98 fatalities announced on Saturday, when a record 9,020 cases
were also reported.
Authorities reported 7,703 new cases on Wednesday.
Total number of infections are at 587,165, with fatalities at 2,993.
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Malaysian Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin on
Monday announced an additional 40 billion
ringgit ($9.70 billion) aid package, ahead of
the tighter measures that came into effect this
week.
($1 = 4.1230 ringgit)
(Reporting by A. Ananthalakshmi; Editing by
Himani Sarkar, Martin Petty)
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