Bersatu lawmaker Shahruddin Salleh had a brief meeting with former premier Dr Mahathir Mohamad at the Yayasan Al-Bukhary in Kuala Lumpur this evening.

The meeting came in the wake of the Sri Gading MP tendering his resignation as deputy works minister.

Meanwhile, the number of Covid-19 cases in the country has jumped to 277 as of noon today. This is also the highest single-day increase on record.