PETALING JAYA: A 70-year-old man is the latest victim to die from Covid-19, bringing it to a total of 11 fatalities in Malaysia on Monday (March 23), says Datuk Seri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
The Health director-general said that the Malaysian man has a history of chronic diseases.
He had travelled to Indonesia in February this year and happened to be the chairman of his local surau.
He had shown symptoms of the disease one week before he was admitted into Hospital Canselor Tuanku Muhriz UKM on March 18.
He was confirmed to be positive for the disease one day later and was placed on a ventilator in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU).
However, his health deteriorated day by day and he died on Sunday (March 22) at 9.05pm.
As of noon Sunday, there were 1,306 Covid-19 cases in the country.
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