Health Ministry: 1,575 new cases, three fatalities

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia recorded another 1,575 Covid-19 cases on Friday (March 12), taking the country's total confirmed infections to 320,939.

The Health Ministry also reported three more fatalities, taking the country's death toll to 1,203.

Seven are imported infections while the rest are local transmissions.

Another 2,042 people have been discharged, which means 302,662 Covid-19 patients in the country have recovered to date.

The number of active cases have now gone down to 17,074.

Of that total, 147 are currently under intensive care treatment, with 67 requiring ventilator support.