Deaths may reach record figure this month

United in strife: Some of the Covid-19 patients at Pusat Tarbiah Islam Kelantan Pengkalan Chepa in Kota Baru, Kelantan. — Bernama

PETALING JAYA: The number of Covid-19 deaths in Malaysia may have peaked in February, but the rate of fatalities in recent weeks could see the month of May breaking that unwanted record.

February 2021 is still Malaysia’s most deadly month on record in terms of the pandemic, with 370 deaths.