PETALING JAYA: Six new Covid-19 deaths were reported today, raising the death toll in Malaysia to 43, while 140 new cases were reported, bringing the total number of cases to 2,766, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pix).
Of the six deaths, five were Malaysians and one was an Indonesian.
The six latest fatalities are:
A 48-year-old Malaysian woman who had a history of high blood pressure and passed away on March 30 at Tuanku Jaafar Hospital in Negri Sembilan.
A 69-year-old Malaysian man who had diabetes and high blood pressure, a travel history to Saudi Arabia and died on March 27.
A 69-year old Malaysian man who had the same diseases. He passed away on March 26 at Hospital Enche’ Besar Hajjah Khalsom, Johor.
An 81-year-old Malaysian man who had a heart problem and passed away on March 31.
A 73-year-old man who had a combination of heart problems and diabetes and had passed away on March 30.
A 41-year-old Indonesian man who was treated in Sarawak General Hospital and died on March 31.
Noor Hisham added that 94 cases were being treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and out of these, 60 currently required ventilators to keep breathing.
However, he said 80% of the positive cases are in stable condition.
He also highlighted that 58 patients have recovered and been discharged.
“At this moment, a total of 537 patients have been recovered, discharged and eventually allowed to go home,“ he said.
Noor Hisham then said in the press conference that the age groups with the highest number of cases are those between 26 and 30, and those between 56 and 60.
He then reminded everyone to lead a healthy lifestyle including by reducing their sugar, fat and salt intake, as well as to eat more fruits and vegetables, on top of doing home workouts to build a strong immunity system.
