Covid-19: 60 more deaths on Tuesday (May 25)

PUTRAJAYA: Another 60 people in Malaysia have succumbed to Covid-19, the Health Ministry reported on Tuesday (May 25).

In his daily Covid-19 updates, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the country’s coronavirus death toll is now at 2,369.

“Of the 60 deaths, 15 were recorded in Selangor while 10 were in Johor. Sarawak and Kedah have six cases each, Kuala Lumpur has five, Sabah, Penang, Perak and Kelantan have three cases each, Negri Sembilan and Melaka have two cases each, while Pahang and Terengganu have one case each, ” said Dr Noor Hisham.

Tuesday’s figure is just one short of the daily record of 61 deaths set on Monday (May 24).

The youngest casualty on Tuesday is a three-year-old girl with a history of leukaemia who died at the Women and Children’s Hospital in Likas, Sabah.

There were four cases in the country which have been classified as brought-in-dead cases.

Currently, there are 726 patients in intensive care units nationwide, with 373 on ventilator support.

The number of active cases has gone up to 63,458.

In the same 24-hour span, 3,789 patients were discharged from treatment.

The total number of patients who have recovered from Covid-19 in the country is 460,062 - which translates to a recovery rate of 87.5%.

Malaysia’s cumulative Covid-19 infections as of Tuesday is 525,889, after 7,289 new cases were recorded.

Four of the new cases are imported, while the rest are local transmissions and 6,813 of the local cases are Malaysian citizens while 472 are foreigners.

Selangor recorded 2,642 new cases - the highest out of all states.

The state is followed by Johor with 664 cases and Kuala Lumpur with 604.