Editor's PickMCI News Covid-19: 5,434 new cases bring total to 2,396,121 By MCI Eng - 2021-10-18 Post Views: 221 Kuala Lumpur, Oct 18 — The health ministry has reported 5,434 Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours. In a tweet, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the total number of infections now stands at 2,396,121.