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278 deaths due to Covid-19 recorded today

KUALA LUMPUR: The country recorded 278 Covid-19 deaths in the past 24 hours, bringing the total since the pandemic began to 16,942.

Of today's death toll, 65 were brought-in-dead (BID) cases.

At present, 1,007 patients are receiving treatment in intensive care units (ICU). Of these, 464 patients are intubated.

In a brief social media update, the Health Ministry today said 21,073 patients had recovered from the coronavirus today, bringing to 1,482,800 the total number of recoveries so far.

It was reported earlier that Malaysia had recorded a total of 18,762 Covid-19 infections today, bringing daily cases below the 19,000 mark for the first time in eight days.

The last time the number of cases dipped below the 19,000 mark was on Aug 23 when the Health Ministry reported 17,672 new infections.

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