Kota Kinabalu: Sabah recorded its fifth Covid-19 fatality on Saturday when a health worker died at the Women and Children's Hospital in Likas, here.
The Ministry of Health said patient #6,856, a 53-year old Malaysian woman, had hypertension and cancer, for which, she had been on sick leave.
Sabah also registered one more positive case in Kota Kinabalu, raising the state's cumulative cases to 331.
Malaysia registered 17 new positive cases Saturday, bringing its total of cases to 6,872 respectively.
A total of 73 more patients recovered, bringing the total of those discharged to 5,512. Thirteen of the active cases were being being treated in intensive care units with five of them on respiratory support.
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