Covid-19: One new death makes it 100 fatalities, 31 new cases
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia reached a grim milestone of 100 deaths related to the novel coronavirus after the country reported one new death today (Apr 28).
Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this takes the country’s mortality rate to 1.7%.
At the Health Ministry’s daily Covid-19 media briefing here, Dr Noor Hisham also announced 31 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 5,851.
Malaysia so far discharged 75 more patients in the same 24-hour span, which means 4,032 patients have recovered from Covid-19 since the outbreak began in the country.
Covid-19 recovery rate is now at 68.91% out of the total number of positive cases.
At present 1,719 active cases being treated at the country’s health facilities.
There are currently 36 patients being treated at intensive care units (ICU) with 17 on ventilator support.
According to Dr Noor Hisham the 100th fatality is a 67-year-old man with a history of diabetes, hypertension, heart disease and stroke.
He had been receiving treatment at Sungai Buloh Hospital since April 4 and was pronounced dead at 9.40am on April 28.
By: Hema Subramaniam
