High Covid-19 cases in Johor due to backlog, says exco

The Johor State Health and Environment Committee said the high number of Covid-19 infections recorded in the state yesterday was due to backlogged cases.

Johor recorded 2,785 new cases yesterday, the highest daily figure since the pandemic hit the country last year.

Its chairperson R Vidyananthan said 57.9 percent or 1,613 of the newly reported cases were cases that had been more than four days...