PETALING JAYA: The Health Ministry has reported another new case of Covid-19 in the country, while declaring that two more patients had made a full recovery.
Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the latest positive case – the 23rd one here – was a 53-year-old Malaysian female who travelled to Japan recently.“After returning from Japan on Feb 23, the patient developed fever symptoms the following day and received treatment at a hospital in Kuala Lumpur.
“A Covid-19 test was done and it was found to be positive on Feb 27,” he said in a statement yesterday. He added that the two female patients who had recovered were discharged yesterday: a 67-year-old from China and an 83-year-old American. They were the 16th and 22nd confirmed cases respectively in Malaysia.“Thus, a total of 22 people have fully recovered and have been discharged from the ward,” he said.“From the total, 23 cases were Covid-19 positive, while 1,523 were negative and 23 cases are pending lab reports,” he said.
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