Covid-19: 210 new deaths bring total fatalities to 10,389

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PETALING JAYA: A total of 210 people succumbed to Covid-19 in the last 24-hour period, bringing the country's death toll to 10,389, says Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

"So far this year, Malaysia has recorded a total of 9,918 Covid-19 deaths, compared to 471 deaths for the whole of last year," said Dr Noor Hisham in a statement on Saturday .

Dr Noor Hisham said that of the 19,257 new cases reported, a total of 740 cases were from categories 3, 4 and 5, while the remaining 18,517 cases were from categories 1 and 2.Category 3 cases experience pneumonia while cases in Category 4 have pneumonia and require oxygen. Category 5 patients are in a critical stage requiring ventilator support.

Three other states recorded more than 1,000 new cases each with Kedah detecting 1,514, Sabah and Johor .The number of active cases is now 224,120. Of the active cases, 1,097 are in intensive care units , with 575 requiring ventilator support.

 

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It does say something for DG to not only don 2 surgical mask but a full face mask as well?🤔🤔

Congrats DGHisham on your record breaking feat

Kejayaan

HealthDG should resign for failing to prevent Covid death.

Just express opinion but ofcos opinion easier said than done , felt from some photos , the people going for vaccine is so jammed pack , they are facing an environment of no social distancing , creating big chance of infection . Foreign workers crowded with students schedule !😢😷

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