The Malaysian Insight

MALAYSIA recorded 103 Covid-19 deaths in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of fatalities to 5,677, even as more patients are treated in intensive care units and need ventilators, said Health Director-General Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

This came as the Covid-19 situation in the country took a turn for the worse with 7,654 new infections reported today.

The Klang Valley – Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya – accounted for 63.3% of the new cases in the past 24 hours.

Selangor accounted for the bulk of the cases with 3,260, followed by Kuala Lumpur with 1,550. Putrajaya meanwhile, recorded 33 new infections.

Noor Hisham said the country also continued to record a high number of Covid-19 cases in the intensive care units (ICU), with 943 patients.

And of this number, 450 patients require respiratory assistance.

The total deaths today involved 43 cases in Selangor, Kuala Lumpur (18), Negri Sembilan (12), Malacca (3), Johor (9), Kelantan (6), Pahang (4), two each in Sarawak and Kedah, and one each in Sabah, Perak, Labuan and Penang.

Noor Hisham said there were 4,797 recoveries, bringing the total number of recoveries to 714,815.

The oldest person to succumb to the virus was a 100-year-old Malaysian woman from Johor who had high blood pressure.

The youngest is a 21-year-old Malaysian male from Pahang who suffered from epilepsy and was a dead-on-arrival case at the Sultan Haji Ahmad Shah Hospital in Temerloh.

There were also 12 dead-on-arrival cases today, with four having no known medical illness. – July 6, 2021.