KUALA LUMPUR: New Covid-19 infections in Selangor rose to 43 per cent of the total new cases recorded nationwide.

On Saturday, Selangor recorded 1,481 or 38.5 per cent of the 3,847 new infections.

In a statement, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Selangor recorded 1,606 cases today making it the state with the highest number of Covid-19 cases.