338: Daily Dose @ 5: Malaysia's new COVID-19 cases dip to 2,342, Winter storm hits Eastern US causing thousands without power

<div>AMONG the headlines for Monday, January 17, 2022, a total of  2,342 new COVID-19 cases were reported by the Ministry of Health today.</div><br /> <div>Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this brings the overal total to more than 2.8 million. </div> <br /> <div>Also, millions of Americans hunkered down as a major winter storm hit the eastern United States with heavy snow and ice knocking power out for an estimated 145,000 customers as of yesterday evening.</div> <br /> <div>Listen to the top stories of the day, reporting from Astro AWANI newsroom — all in 3-minutes.</div> <br /> <div>We bring you the headlines, weekdays at 5 pm.</div> <br /> <div>Stay informed on <a href="http://astroawani.com">astroawani.com</a> for these news and more.</div> <div> <br /> <br /> </div>