Malaysia sees highest daily death toll from COVID-19

A heath worker is vaccinated against COVID-19 in Serdang, near Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur on March 4, 2021. (Photo: Xinhua/VNA)

Hanoi (VNA) – Malaysia on May 9 recorded itshighest single-day death toll from COVID-19 after the coronavirus claimed 26more lives, raising the total number of fatalities to 1,683, according to theMinistry of Health.

The victim ranged from 36 to 90 years old, with themajority of them suffering from existing health complications.

Another 3,733 new COVID-19 infections were reported onthe day, of which 3,727 are local transmissions, bringing the national total to440,677.

In Cambodia, 520 new COVID-19 cases were confirmed on thesame day, a slight decrease from the previous days. This brought the totalcases in the country to 19,237, of which 7,641 have recovered.

On May 6, the Southeast Asian country lifted thethree-week lockdown imposed on Phnom Penh and neighbouring Ta Khmao city toprevent the spread of COVID-19, but a number of business facilities had yet toresume operation.

Meanwhile, the Health Ministry of Laos confirmed itsfirst death from COVID-19 on May 9, making the country the last in ASEAN tosuffer a fatality.

The victim, who is a 52-year-old Vietnamese woman, is thefirst COVID-19 patient in the country to die of the disease.

A total of 69 new COVID-19 cases were reported acrossfour localities on the day, taking the national count to 1,302, including 66Vietnamese./.

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