Malaysia reports 85 new coronavirus cases, with one new death
16 April, 2020
Malaysia on Wednesday (Apr 15) reported 85 new cases of coronavirus, the cheapest daily rise because the government imposed curbs to limit the virus' spread on Mar 18, taking the total number of infections to 5,072.
Medical ministry also reported one new death, with a complete of 83 fatalities so far.
Malaysia had had the best number of confirmed infections in Southeast Asia but was overtaken this week by neighbours the Philippines and Indonesia, which reported a complete of 5,453 and 5,136 cases respectively on Wednesday.
The quantity of new cases in the united states dipped below three digits after almost a month of the enforcement of the Movement Control Order (MCO), health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah said.
He said another 169 cases had also recovered and were discharged today, this means recoveries were almost double the brand new cases confirmed on Wednesday.
He said the 169 discharged cases brought the cumulative total of recoveries from COVID-19 to 2,647, or 52.2 % of the full total number of positive cases.
"As at noon today, 85 new cases have already been reported. This brings the total number of positive COVID-19 cases in Malaysia to 5,072. Therefore, the number of active COVID-19 cases with infectivity is 2,342.
"They have already been isolated and treated."
He said the 83rd death (Case 4,988) involved a 69-year-old Malaysian man with a brief history of diabetes and high blood circulation pressure.
“He was admitted to the Universiti Malaya Medical Centre on Mar 21 and was confirmed to have died at 6.41 am today," he said, conveying his condolences to the category of the victim.
Dr Noor Hisham also said 56 cases were being treated in intensive care, with 32 of these requiring ventilators.
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