Covid-19: Two fatalities involving M'sians bring death toll to 1,248

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia recorded two new Covid-19 fatalities on Thursday (March 25), taking the country’s death toll up to 1,248.

Read more here: Covid-19: 1,360 new cases, Selangor still has highest numbers

In his daily Covid-19 statement, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the cases involved a 72-year-old woman and an 89-year-old man who both had a history of comorbidities.

“The two death cases were in Hospital Sibu in Sarawak and they are both Malaysian citizens. The Health Ministry extends its condolences to the family members, ” said Dr Noor Hisham.

The 72-year-old woman has a history of diabetes, hypertension and asthma.

The 89-year-old man had diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidemia, heart disease and tuberculosis.

The Covid-19 fatality rate in Malaysia is currently at 0.37% out of all cases.

Currently, there are 157 patients under intensive care, with 72 of them requiring ventilator support.

There were 1,491 more patients discharged from treatment, bringing the total number of recoveries to 322,416 or 95.3% of all cases.

There are now 14,504 active cases nationwide.

Malaysia’s total confirmed cases is now at 338,168, after the country reported 1,360 new cases on Thursday.

Selangor has the most number of new cases with 356 reported infections, followed by Sarawak with 308 new cases and Johor (129 cases).

Dr Noor Hisham said 210 cases in Selangor were those uncovered from clusters and contact tracing activities.