Covid-19: Four more deaths recorded, bringing total to eight

PETALING JAYA: Four additional deaths from by the Covid-19 virus have been reported, bringing it to a total of eight fatalities as of 6.30pm on Saturday (March 21), says Datuk Seri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic).

In a statement on Saturday the Health director-general said the fifth death involved a 79-year-old woman who passed away on March 18 after she was warded at the Borneo Medical Centre on March 16 following fever and coughing for five days.