Editor's PickMCI News Covid-19: 5,439 new cases bring total to 2,638,221 By MCI Eng - 2021-12-01 Post Views: 254 Kuala Lumpur, Dec 1 — The health ministry has reported 5,439 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 2,638,221.