Covid-19: Number of fatalities remain in single digits with two new deaths

PUTRAJAYA: Two people died to Covid-19 in the past 24-hours, taking Malaysia's death toll up to 1,220 cases.

Read more here: Health Ministry: 1,219 new Covid-19 cases for 327,253 total

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said both cases were in Sabah and both the deceased were Malaysian citizens.

"The Health Ministry extends its condolences to all their family members," said Dr Noor Hisham in his daily Covid-19 press statement.

According to the statement, one of the victims is a 75-year-old man with a history of diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia and heart disease.

The other victim is a 58-year-old woman with high blood pressure.

Both cases were at the Duchess of Kent Hospital in Sandakan.

Dr Noor Hisham said there are currently 154 Covid-19 patients being treated at intensive care units, with 64 of them requiring ventilator support.

Within the same time span, there were also 1,346 patients who were discharged.

This means 310,958 people in the country have recovered from Covid-19 - and this translates to 95% recovery rate.

There are now 15,075 active cases nationwide.

New cases went up slightly to 1,219 compared to the previous day's 1,063.

Selangor's cases increased to 499, which is 40.9% of the country's total figure.

Dr Noor Hisham said 156 of Selangor's cases are attributed to three new clusters which were detected at workplaces in the state.