KUALA LUMPUR, May 17 -- The Covid-19 situation in the country remains under control and below the alert level, despite an increase in cases in several neighbouring countries such as Singapore and Thailand, according to the Health Ministry.

In a statement today, the Health Ministry said a total of 11,727 Covid-19 cases have been recorded from Epidemiological Week (EW) 1 to 19 this year, with a continuous downward trend since the start of the year.

"The highest number of cases were recorded in the first few weeks of the year with 960 cases in EW1/2025 and 1,229 cases in EW2/2025 and EW3/2025.

"The daily cases showed a continuous downward trend until reaching 210 cases in EW15/2025," said the statement issued today.

For the period from E...