267: Daily Dose @ 5: M'sia hits a new high with 24,599 new COVID-19 cases, NY Governor reveals 12,000 unreported COVID-19 deaths

<div>AMONG the headlines for Thursday, August 26, 2021,  Malaysia continues to break new records for its Covid-19 cases with 24,599 new cases detected as of noon today.<br /><br /> This surpasses the previous record of 22,948 cases in the country last week.<br /> <br /> Three states, Selangor, Sabah and Johor, saw the new cases increase within 24 hours.<br /> <br /> Selangor detected a total of 6,936 cases, Sabah with 3,487 cases and Johor with 2,785 cases respectively.<br /> <br /> <br /> Also, just days after being sworn in following Andrew Cuomo’s resignation, New York Governor Kathy Hochul revealed that the state’s Covid-19 death toll includes 12,000 more lives lost to the disease than had previously been reported by its predecessor.<br /> <br /> Listen to the top stories of the day, reporting from Astro AWANI newsroom — all in 3-minutes.<br /> <br /> We bring you the headlines, weekdays at 5 pm.<br /> <br /> Stay informed on <a href="http://astroawani.com">astroawani.com</a> for these news and more.</div>