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KUALA LUMPUR, May 24 -- Malaysia reported its highest daily COVID-19 death toll to date after 61 fatalities were recorded in the past 24 hours.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah all 61 victims were Malaysians aged between 27 and 98, with the majority of them suffering from chronic illnesses. The country’s death toll now stands at 2,309 cases.
The highest number of fatalities were reported in the Klang Valley, with 16 cases in Selangor and five in Kuala Lumpur while 11 deaths were recorded in Johor and six each in Melaka and Penang.
“There were four deaths in Kedah, three each in Sarawak, Negeri Sembilan and Pahang, two in Terengganu and one death each in Perak and Labuan,” he said in a statement today.
Earlier, in a Twitter post, Dr Noor Hisham said Mala
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