Health D-G: Malaysia records 37 Covid-19 cases today, one death

19 May 2020 • 4:48 PM MYT
Malay Mail
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Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah giving a press conference on Covid-19 in MOH, Putrajaya, May 18, 2020. — Picture by Choo Choy May

KUALA LUMPUR, May 19 — Malaysia recorded 37 new Covid-19 cases today, bringing the total to 6,978 cases.

Out of the 37 cases, two are import cases while 35 are local transmissions, where 22 are non-Malaysians, bringing the total of active cases to 1,218.

“Eleven cases are being treated at intensive care units where six are in need of ventilators.

“One death was recorded today. This brings cumulative deaths to 114,” he said during the Health Ministry’s daily briefing on Covid-19.

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