PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia reported 40 more Covid-19 cases on Monday (April 27), bringing the total number of Covid-19 infections in the country to 5,820. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah announced this at the Health Ministry’s daily Covid-19 media briefing here. Malaysia’s Covid-19 recovery rate is now at 67.9% out of the total number of positive cases. Dr Noor Hisham also announced one new Covid-19 fatality in the country, taking Malaysia’s death toll to 99. On the new death case, Dr Noor Hisham said the 99th fatality is a 78-year-old man with a history of diabetes, hypertension and stroke.

Source: thestar April 27, 2020 08:46 UTC