Malaysia’s Total COVID-19 Cases Officially Surpasses Mainland China
December 18, 2020 | News | No Comments

After reporting 1,295 new COVID-19 cases in a single day on 16 December, Malaysia has officially surpassed mainland China’s cumulative cases
As of Wednesday, Malaysia’s COVID-19 cases tally stood at 87,913, which is 1,143 cases more than mainland China.
Mainland China currently has 86,770 cumulative cases.
CodeBlue reported that Malaysia is now the 79th country with the highest total COVID-19 cases in the world.
The three ASEAN countries with more cases than Malaysia are:
– Indonesia at 19th place: 636,154 cases
– the Philippines at 28th place: 452,988 cases
– Myanmar at 69th place: 110,667 cases
Meanwhile, Malaysia’s total COVID-19 cases per 100,000 population is 44.8 times higher than mainland China
According to data gathered from Worldometer, CodeBlue reported that 270 out of 100,000 people in Malaysia are infected with the virus, while only six out of 100,000 people in mainland China are infected with the virus.
Malaysia’s estimated population of 32.7 million is 45 times smaller than mainland China’s 1.4 billion population.
Additionally, 1.32 people in Malaysia have died from COVID-19 per 100,000 population, as compared to 0.32 in China.