PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry has reported 3,510 new Covid-19 cases in the past 24 hours.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the total number of infections now stands at 2,731,713.

Meanwhile, the number of hospital admissions of confirmed Covid-19 patients in the last seven days have declined by 21.5 per cent compared to the preceding week.