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Health Ministry: Covid-19 claims 77 more lives in Malaysia, 875 now in ICU

Workers and family members wearing protective suits prepare to bury a victim of the Covid-19 disease at a cemetery in Shah Alam May 18, 2021. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa

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KUALA LUMPUR, June 22 — Another 77 people died from Covid-19 around the country today, raising the cumulative fatality rate to 4,554 since the outbreak of the disease in Malaysia last year.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah also announced that 875 Covid-19 patients have been warded in intensive care units (ICU), adding that 445 needed ventilators.

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