Covid-19 death toll rises to 16 in Malaysia


PETALING JAYA: Another patient has died, bringing the Covid-19 death toll to 16 on Tuesday (March 24).

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a Facebook post on Tuesday night said that the man's death has been reported to the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre.

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