AP PHOTOS: Malaysian cemeteries face coronavirus surge

KUALA LUMPUR, Malaysia -- Nowhere is Malaysia's worsening coronavirus surge more apparent than in the cemeteries around the capital. The rising infections and deaths have alarmed health officials. They spiked again Wednesday with a record 7,478 new cases reported, pushing the country’s tally to 533,367 — a five-fold increase since the start of the year. Deaths have surpassed 2,300. The toll is visible at cemeteries such as Nirvana Memorial Park, a Buddhist, Taoist and Christian cemetery in Semenyih on the outskirts of Kuala Lumpur. Health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah warned that the country has to “prepare for the worst.”