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This article first appeared in The Edge Financial Daily on April 15, 2020

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s daily recoveries from Covid-19 have topped 200 cases for the third time, with 202 patients discharged as of noon yesterday, against 170 new infections.

According to Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, Malaysia’s total recoveries now stand at 2,478 cases, or 49.7% of total confirmed infections, now at 4,987.

Five more deaths were reported yesterday, raising the death toll to 82 — a 1.64% fatality rate. Meanwhile, 60 people were in intensive care.

Of the five new fatalities, four were locals and one a foreigner without any personal identification documents.

The foreigner was found dead in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah on April 6. A sample taken from the deceased during a post-mortem tested positive for Covid-19. The case is being investigated by the police.

For the locals, three were men aged 63, 65 and 81, and one a woman aged 74.

Selangor remained the worst-hit state, with 1,299 cases after 50 new cases were reported yesterday, followed by Kuala Lumpur with 899 cases after 69 more cases were confirmed.

Johor has the third-highest infections at 587 (up eight cases), followed by Sarawak at 363 (up 15 cases) and Negeri Sembilan at 362 (up two cases).

From total infections of 2,908 at end-March, Malaysia recorded 2,079 more infections throughout the 14-day second phase of the movement control order (MCO) that began on April 1.

The highest daily cases reported during the second phase of the MCO was at 217 on March 3, while daily recoveries peaked at 236 cases on April 6.

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