Malaysia reports 31 new COVID-19 cases and one death
29 April, 2020
The Malaysian Health Ministry on Tuesday (Apr 28) announced the lowest number of COVID-19 positive cases recorded because the Movement Control Order (MCO) was implemented on Mar 18 with 31 cases reported as of noon.
Health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah said up to now, the number of daily cases continued to show a falling and sometimes horizontal trend.
He said the achievement was the result of the proactive and aggressive actions of the federal government in curbing the spread of COVID-19 before and during the MCO.
“The measures ensure medical ministry could accommodate the quantity of COVID-19 patients including capacity of Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and the option of ventilators in hospitals.
“MCO also really helps to reduce interaction between members of the community and reduce the infectivity of COVID-19,” he told the daily COVID-19 media conference on Tuesday.
He said with the latest cases, the full total number of COVID-19 cases in Malaysia is 5,851, with the full total number of infectivity cases at 1,719.
To date, there are 36 positive COVID-19 cases being treated in the ICU. Of the, 17 cases require ventilators with one death recorded.
“In line with the national Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre, one death was recorded, bringing the cumulative number of COVID-19 fatalities to 100 cases or 1.7 % of the entire total,” he said.
Dr Noor Hisham said the 100th death case (Case-3628) involved a 67-year-old local man and the victim had underlying health issues such as for example diabetes, high blood circulation pressure, cardiovascular disease and stroke.
The individual was admitted to Sungai Buloh Hospital, Selangor on Apr 4 and was confirmed dead at 9.40am on Tuesday, he said.
Meanwhile, Dr Noor Hisham reminded that the MCO cannot fully eradicate COVID-19 and then the people should be ready to face the virus for an extended period of time.
He said the battle against COVID-19 should continue and the brand new normal ought to be the practice of most members of the community.
“As emphasised by the Health Ministry all this while, our fight COVID-19, a low profile enemy, is long and our efforts must continue. The new normal of our day to day live should be instilled into all degrees of the community to ensure that it is practice of most Malaysians.
“As there is still no vaccine for COVID-19, these preventive practice can be our vaccine to greatly help the country combat the spread of COVID-19 infection,” he said.
As such, he said the involvement of all people is crucial in addition to the efforts of medical Ministry in carrying out preventive and control activities to flatten the curve and control the spread of COVID-19 to finally succeed together.
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