Health Ministry: 1,482 new cases for 345,500 total, seven fatalities

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia recorded 1,482 new Covid-19 cases on Wednesday (March 31), bringing the cumulative total to 345,500.

In a tweet, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were seven fatalities, bringing the death toll to 1,272.

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Another 1,070 patients were discharged from medical facilities in the country, which means 329,624 people have recovered from the disease.

In total there are 14,604 active cases nationwide.

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From this number, 164 are in intensive care units, with 81 requiring ventilation support.

Dr Noor Hisham also said Selangor topped the list of new infections, with 661 new Covid-19 cases recorded.

Penang and Sarawak also recorded cases in the hundreds with 200 and 176 cases, respectively.

In addition, four states recorded cases in the single digits – Labuan with eight, Putrajaya (three), Terengganu (two) and Perlis (one).

COVID-19: 31 Mac 2021

J kes sembuh: 1,070

J kumulatif: 329,624 (95.4%)

J kes baru: 1,482

J kumulatif: 345,500

J kes aktif: 14,604

Kes tempatan: 1,480 (896 WN, 584 BWN)

Kes import: 2 BWN

J kematian: 7 (5WN, 2BWN)

J kumulatif:1,272(0.37%)

J kes di ICU:164

Pesakit Intubated:81 pic.twitter.com/BHJOoZ8v43 — Noor Hisham Abdullah (@DGHisham) March 31, 2021