MALAYSIA saw 153 new coronavirus cases today, bringing the total to 4,683, said Director-General of Health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

There were 113 recoveries in the last 24 hours, bringing the total patients discharged to 2,108, or 45% of the infected.

Three patients have died, taking the death toll to 76 and fatality rate to 1.62%.

Dr Noor Hisham said taking away deaths and recoveries, there are now 2,499 active Covid-19 cases which are receiving treatment in isolation.

He said 66 patients are in intensive care, 37 of them on respirators.

One of the deaths today was of a 54-year-old man who had a history of diabetes, high blood pressure and kidney ailments. He was admitted to Hospital Tuanku Ja’afar Seremban, Negri Sembilan yesterday and died today at 1.50am.

A 90-year-old man was the second to die today at 5.23am, in Hospital Taiping, Perak. He was admitted on April 1, and had a history of diabetes, high-blood pressure and heart issues.

The third dead was a 47-year-old woman who had high blood pressure. She died at 7.36am in Hospital Umum Sarawak. She was admitted on April 8. – April 12, 2020.