Workers and family members wearing protective suits bury a victim of the Covid-19 disease at a cemetery in Shah Alam May 18, 2021. — Picture by Yusof Mat Isa
KUALA LUMPUR, June 3 — The total number of deaths from Covid-19 in the country has surpassed the 3,000-mark today, as Malaysia records 103 deaths in the last 24 hours.
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the deaths — which was the second day running at over 100 — now bring the cumulative number of deaths from the deadly disease to 3,096.
He also added that the number of patients being treated in intensive care units (ICU) are also rising on a daily basis with today’s 880 patients breaking yesterday’s record of 878.
“Of the 880 patients being treated in ICUs, 446 of them require ventilators to help them breathe,” he said.
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