Covid-19: 61 fatalities take Malaysia's death toll to 2,552

PUTRAJAYA: Another 61 people in Malaysia have succumbed to Covid-19, taking the country's death toll to 2,552.

In his daily Covid-19 update on Friday (May 28), Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 19 deaths were recorded in Selangor.

"Eight cases were recorded in Negri Sembilan, six in Kuala Lumpur, and five in Kedah.

"Johor and Sarawak have four cases each, Melaka and Perak have three cases each, Penang, Kelantan, Labuan and Terengganu have two cases each, while Sabah has one," said Dr Noor Hisham.

Two are foreign nationals while the rest are Malaysian citizens.

The youngest death reported on Friday was a 25-year-old man with a history of obesity and asthma who died at Hospital Labuan.

Three deaths were classified as "brought-in-dead" involving a 64-year-old man at Hospital Tengku Ampuan Rahimah in Klang, an 84-year-old woman at Hospital Tumpat, Kelantan and a 27-year-old woman at Hospital Kuala Lumpur.

The number of people in intensive care units (ICUs) is now at an all-time high of 808, with 403 requiring ventilator support.

Nationwide, there are 72,823 active Covid-19 cases.

On Friday, another 4,814 patients were discharged, which means 474,139 people have recovered from Covid-19 in Malaysia.

Malaysia's cumulative Covid-19 cases is now 549,514, after a new daily high on Friday with 8,290.

It is the fourth day in a row that the country registered new daily records, with Friday's figure surpassing the 7,857 cases reported on Thursday (May 27).