Covid-19: 15-year-old leukaemia patient from Kelantan among 67 fatalities

PETALING JAYA: Covid-19 claimed 67 more lives in Malaysia on Monday (May 31), bringing the country's death toll to 2,796.

According to Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, 15 deaths were recorded in Selangor, followed by 12 in Johor and eight in Sarawak.

"There were six deaths in Kedah, five each in Negri Sembilan and Kelantan, four in Pahang, three each in Penang, Labuan and Melaka, two in Sabah and one in Kuala Lumpur," he said in a statement on Monday (May 31).

Three of the 67 casualties were foreigners while the rest were Malaysians, he added.

The youngest was a 15-year-old leukaemia patient from Kelantan, while the oldest was a 99-year-old man from Labuan, who had high blood pressure and was brought in dead.

A total of eight individuals were brought in dead. They included an 87-year-old woman from Labuan and a 74-year-old Sarawakian, both of whom had diabetes and high blood pressure.

The number of people in intensive care units (ICUs) has increased to 851, with 422 needing ventilator support.

Nationwide, there are 79,523 active cases as of Monday, after 6,824 new cases were recorded.

Malaysia's cumulative Covid-19 case total now stands at 572,357.