Health Ministry: Five of six Covid-19 deaths Thursday (April 1) are Malaysians


PUTRAJAYA: Six people in the country died of Covid-19 on Thursday (April 1), taking Malaysia's death toll to 1,278.

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

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said two deaths were reported in Sarawak and one each in Kuala Lumpur, Johor, Kelantan and Sabah.

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