KUALA LUMPUR, June 28 — Covid-19 related deaths in Malaysia have crossed the 5,000-mark, the Health Ministry announced today on what many had assumed would be the last day of the full lockdown under the National Recovery Plan.
The Health Ministry disclosed in a tweet that there were 57 deaths in the last 24 hours, a slight dip compared to yesterday’s 60.
The total death count in the country is now 5,001 and the fatality rate is at 0.68 per cent.
The tweet also showed there are currently 61,812 active Covid-19 cases nationwide.
Of these, 899 people are in Intensive Care Units and 451 need assistance breathing.
In a later statement, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 15 of today’s deaths were reported in Selangor, 13 in Negri Sembilan, six in Johor and five in Melaka.
Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Perak had two Covid-19 related deaths each. Likewise, Sarawak, Kedah, Pahang and Kelantan while Penang had one.
The youngest person to die from Covid-19 today was a 33-year old Malaysian woman in Hospital Labuan. She had obesity.
The oldest death was a 96-year old woman in Hospital Jelebu, Negri Sembilan. She was not known to have prior illness or comorbidities.
