Covid-19: Country nears 6,000 total deaths


PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s Covid-19 death toll almost reached 6,000, after 77 more people died due to the coronavirus in the span of 24 hours.

In his daily Covid-19 statement, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic) said Selangor has the most number of deaths with 28 fatalities reported in the state.

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