4 more COVID-19 deaths confirmed in Malaysia,cases rise

ANKARA

Malaysia on Wednesday reported four more deaths and 172 new cases of coronavirus, health officials said.

With new cases, country’s death toll due to the deadly infection, known as COVID-19, rose to 19 while those confirmed positive of the virus rose to 1,796, country’s Health Ministry director-general Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a live news conference, the daily Star reported.

Malaysia’s defense minister also said that a retired Lt. Col. of the armed forces died of COVID-19 infection on Tuesday.

The deceased was admitted to Tuanku Mizan Armed Forces Hospital in Kuala Lumpur on March 16, and confirmed

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