Covid-19: Six dead, total cases at 1,183

CORONAVIRUS | At least six people have now died from Covid-19 in the country.

Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (above) said the fourth victim was Patient 238, a 50-year-old man from the tabligh cluster who was warded in Malacca on March 12.

Sarawak's disaster management management committee later announced that two others, a mother and daughter aged 79 and 40, had also died.

The Sarawak committee said of the two new cases, the first death was on March 18. However, there was a delay in reporting this death as the private hospital was waiting for lab results from Kuala Lumpur.

The second victim in the family, died at 1pm today.

Meanwhile, there are 153 new cases of infections in the country as of noon today, bringing the total to 1,183.

Of the new cases, 90 are linked to the tabligh gathering at a mosque in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur late last month.

[More to follow] - Mkini