INTERACTIVE: More Covid-19 patients are being brought in dead – why this happens and what needs to be done

SEREMBAN, 25 Mei - Burial of a Covid-19 patient. 
-BERNAMA photo (2021) All rights reserved.

PETALING JAYA: The number of people in Malaysia infected with Covid-19 but who were only taken to hospital after dying of the disease is going up at an alarming rate.

In May alone, we saw 123 deaths that the Health Ministry categorises as “brought in dead” (BID). The figure represents 47% of the 261 BID cases recorded in the country this year.