Seven deaths push Malaysia’s Covid-19 fatalities to 34, highest daily toll since outbreak started

Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah

By Adrian Lim

KUCHING, March 29: There were seven new fatalities for novel coronavirus (Covid-19) in Malaysia as of noon time today.

This is believed to be the highest number of death recorded in a single day since the Covid-19 outbreak began in Malaysia.

According to Ministry of Health (MoH) director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, most of the victims had chronic diseases. The latest fatalities has brought the number of cumulative deaths for Covid-19 in Malaysia to 34.

“From the latest information reported to the Crisis Preparedness Response Centre (CPRC), it is sad to note that there is an increase of seven cases of death for Covid-19. Hence, the cumulative cases of death due to Covid-19 is 34.

“Most of the Covid-19 patients who passed away are those in the elderly age group.

“The fatality rate has increased because most of them had chronic diseases, are elderly people and were late in seeking treatment,” he revealed during a press conference at MoH’s headquarters in Putrajaya.

Dr Noor Hisham disclosed the 28th victim was a 91-year-old woman who had a history of chronic disease including diabetes, high blood pressure and kidney ailment.

The victim who was the 2,321th Covid-19 case in Malaysia, was treated at Universiti Malaya Medical Centre on March 26. She succumbed to the coronavirus on March 28 at 8:48am.

The 29th fatality was a 64-year-old woman who had diabetes and high blood pressure. She was Covid-19 patient number 2,123, and was treated at the Tuanku Ja’afar Hospital in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan on March 25. She was pronounced dead on March 28 at 10:15pm.

The 30th victim was a 76-year-old man who had chronic disease including diabetes, high blood pressure and kidney ailment. He was Covid-19 patient number 2,322, and was treated at the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre. He passed away on March 28 at 11:33pm.

The 31st fatality was a 27-year-old man with diabetes, high blood pressure and kidney ailment. The patient was Malaysia’s 2,323rd case and was admitted to Universiti Malaya Medical Centre on March 27. He was pronounced dead on March 28 at 7:44pm.

Malaysia;s 32nd Covid-19 fatality was a 50-year-old man who had high blood pressure. He was one of the participants at the Sri Petaling Mosque “Ijtimak” gathering and his case was number 1,239. He was admitted to Kluang Hospital on March 22 and was pronounced dead on March 28 at 7:44pm.

Meanwhile, the 33rd Covid-19 fatality was a 37-year-old man who had a history of travelling to India. The man who was Covid-19 patient number 1,249 was admitted to Hospital Permai Johor Bahru on March 21 and was declared dead on March 28 at 11:25pm.

As for the Malaysia’s 34th fatality, the patient was a 77-year-old man who had high blood pressure. He was Covid-19 patient number 787 and was admitted to Kuala Lumpur Hospital on March 18. He passed away on March 29 at 10:40am.

Earlier, Dr Noor Hisham disclosed that there were 150 new Covid-19 cases as of noon today.

Out of the 150 new cases, 61 were related to the tabligh cluster.

Dr Noor Hisham added that the tabligh cluster has entered its fifth generations within one month’s time.

As of today, 17,965 people related to the tabligh cluster had undergone Covid-19 fever triage tests and 12,842 samples were taken.

From this, 1,254 people tested positive while the results of 7,084 people were negative.

The test results for 4,504 people are still pending while there are still 5,123 people who need to undergo Covid-19 fever triage tests. — DayakDaily