‘On Tuesday, new Covid-19 infections in Malaysia numbered 7,654, the first time the daily tally crossed the 7,000 mark in a month. The Klang Valley contributed more than 60 of each 100 cases that day. Selangor logged 3,260 cases, while Kuala Lumpur had 1,550, bringing the total in these two areas to 4,819, or 63% of the Tuesday caseload.
‘But, the population of Selangor and KL stands at 8.3 million – 26%, or slightly over a quarter, of the Malaysian population. That works out to this: the area’s contribution to the national Covid-19 rate is some 2½ times its population share. Why? We need to know the answer to that if we are to deal with the latest coronavirus problem.‘
Read here (The Vibes, July 8, 2021)
