Nation’s coronavirus death toll rises to 17
KUALA LUMPUR: The death toll due to Covid-19 in Malaysia has risen to 17 after another death due to the disease was reported to the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) today. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the patient (Case 1251) was a 66-year-old Malaysian with a history of chronic illness. “The patient started showing symptoms of […]
Malaysia’s death toll rises to 15
KUALA LUMPUR: Another death due to Covid-19 has been reported to the National Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre (CPRC) today, bringing the death toll due to the disease in Malaysia so far to 15. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the deceased was from Case 1519, a 71-year-old Malaysian man from Melaka. “He was suspected to […]
Five deaths in Sarawak so far
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded two more deaths related to the Covid-19 outbreak yesterday, bringing the death toll to five. According to the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) secretariat, one of the victims was a 49-year-old man from Kuching — his mother died of the same disease on March 18 at her home. “The man was admitted […]
Death toll reaches 14, with 212 new cases reported
PUTRAJAYA: Four Covid-19 deaths were reported in the country today, bringing the total to 14, since the start of the outbreak, with 212 new cases also reported today, increasing the cumulative total to 1,518 positive cases. Health director-general Datuk Dr Nor Hisham Abdullah said the 11th death comprising case number 1,070 was a 70-year-old Malaysian man, with overseas travel history. […]
Another death recorded in Malaysia
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has recorded another death, bringing the Covid-19 death toll in the country to nine to date. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the patient was the Health Ministry’s medical doctor with a travel history to Turkey. The case was suspected to be related to the history of travel abroad and not from […]
Worldwide death toll due to coronavirus nears 11,500
ANKARA: With the global death toll on Saturday approaching 11,500 health officials worldwide announced new cases in coronavirus’ continuing spread, Anadolu Agency reported. The country with the highest loss of life due to coronavirus is Italy, where 4,032 people have so far died, after eclipsing China earlier this week. Mainland China, where the outbreak started […]
Spain testing Covid-19 drugs
OVIEDO, Spain: The death toll Friday from the coronavirus in Spain surpassed 1,000 and the number of confirmed cases approached 20,000, Anadolu Agency reported health officials as saying. Reducing the transmission rate of the virus known as Covid-19 has become an urgent global goal. It is the reason why nations around the world are cancelling […]
Singapore records first two Covid-19 deaths
SINGAPORE: Singapore today reported its first two Covid-19 related deaths. The republic’s Ministry of Health (MOH) said the first patient was a 75-year-old female Singaporean and the second case was a 64-year-old male Indonesian. MOH said the elderly Singaporean was admitted to the National Centre for Infectious Diseases (NCID) on Feb 23 for pneumonia and was […]
One more fatality in Malaysia, death toll now four
PUTRAJAYA: One COVID-19 patient has died today, bringing the number of fatalities in the country so far to four, the Health Ministry said. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the latest death was of a 50-year-old Malaysian man, Case 238 who was from the tabligh cluster. “He was admitted to the Melaka Hospital […]
Malaysia records first two deaths
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded its first two deaths from Covid-19 today, Health Minister Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba said. “The 178th case is a Malaysian, aged 34, who attended the tabligh religious gathering at Masjid Jamek in Sri Petaling recently. He began showing symptoms on March 5 and received treatment at Permai Hospital in Johor Bahru on March […]