Covid-19: 1,178 new cases for 346,678 total, six fatalities bring death toll to 1,278

PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia reported 1,178 new Covid-19 cases on Thursday (April 1), taking the cumulative total to 346,678.

The total is a slight improvement from the 1,482 cases recorded on Wednesday (March 31).

The Health Ministry also reported new Covid-19 fatalities, pushing Malaysia’s death toll to 1,278.

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Another 1,377 patients were discharged from treatment, bringing the total number of recoveries to 331,001 or 95.5% of all cases.

There are now 14,399 active cases nationwide.

Of that total, 163 are currently under intensive care, with 81 of them requiring ventilator support.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah also tweeted that Sarawak and Selangor topped the list of states with 238 and 237 new cases respectively.

COVID-19: 1 April 2021 J kes sembuh: 1,377 J kumulatif: 331,001 (95.5%) J kes baru: 1,178 J kumulatif:346,678 J kes aktif:14,399 Kes local: 1,158 (861WN, 297BWN) Kes import: 20 (9BWN, 11BWN) J kematian:6 (5WN) J kumulatif:1,278 (0.37%) J kes di ICU:163 Pesakit Intubated:81 pic.twitter.com/HY2zI9OvRT — Noor Hisham Abdullah (@DGHisham) April 1, 2021