Sure, a majority of the cases are not that serious but we cannot discount the fact that 2% of those infected had died.
FYI, the world did not record one million deaths until September 28, but had recorded two million by February 21, less than five months later. And the latest million was recorded in under two months.
Already, many countries are struggling to combat infections which keep re-emerging, thanks to mutations. Indeed, cases are rising.
Last week, for the first time since the pandemic began, Canada registered more cases per million than the US.
Malaysia too, is not spared. Our daily new Covid-19 cases hit 2,331 today, rising above the 2,000-case mark for the third day in a row.
One thousand and seven positive cases were reported in the Greater KL Area (i.e. Klang Valley) alone in the last 24 hours, according to Health Director-General Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
On top of that, the Ministry of Health have identified 17 locally transmitted Covid-19 cases in the country with the B.1.351 variant (also referred to as the South African variant), thirteen of which are from three clusters in Selangor.
And we are running low on vaccines. As of April 13, Malaysia has administered 1,050,138 out of 1.2 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine received.
Indeed, demand is outstripping supply. The vaccine minister reckons we will only have ample supply from June onwards.
So there you have it – Covid-19 is not going anywhere!
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