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KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 11 — The Ministry of Health (MoH) announced 211 more deaths due to Covid-19 in the past 24 hours.
In a Twitter post, MoH revealed this brings the death toll in Malaysia to 11,373 since the pandemic began early last year.
Furthermore, 1,053 Covid-19 patients were admitted to intensive care units (ICUs) nationwide in the same 24-hour period, with 546 of them needing breathing assistance.
In a statement, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah added that 184 of those who died today were Malaysians while the remaining 27 were non-citizens.
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Furthermore, 165 of the group had a history of previous illnesses.
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