By Ida Nadirah Ibrahim
SHAH ALAM, April 7 — A total of 170 new Covid-19 cases was recorded as of noon today, pushing the total number of cases to 3,963.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said another 80 patients have fully recovered from the coronavirus, bringing the total number of recoveries to 1,321, or 33.3 per cent out of the national tally.
"A total of 92 cases are being treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and 50 of those require respiratory aid," he told the media today in a broadcasted press conference on Covid-19 in Putrajaya, today.
Dr Noor Hisham said there was one Covid-19 fatality, bringing the death toll in the country to 63, or 1.6 per cent out of the total cases.
The death involved a 71-year-old Malaysian man from Perlis, who had attended the religious gathering in Sulawesi, Indonesia, from March 17 to 24.
The patient was treated at Enche’ Besar Hjh Kalsom Hospital in Johor on April 5, and was pronounced dead on the following day at 11pm.
