Covid-19 (March 2) - 1,555 new cases, 6 deaths
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COVID-19 | The Health Ministry
today reported 1,555 new Covid-19 cases, a drop to a level not seen since late
December last year.
Most of the new cases involved Malaysians (71.4 percent) and those
living in the Klang Valley (52.6 percent).
However, the number of patients in intensive care and requiring
ventilators did not show discernable trends over a seven-day period.
Active cases: 24,563
Deaths
Currently, the Klang Valley accounts for 35 percent of all
Covid-19 related deaths.
The youngest victim today, a foreigner, was aged 44 while the oldest was a
Malaysian aged 80.
The national death toll stands at 1,141. Details of the victims can
02 Mar 2021 / 20:19 H. Pix for representational purpose only.
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of new Covid-19 positive cases in the country in the past 24 hours dropped to 1,555 compared to 1,828 yesterday, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said the latest development took the total number of infections in the country to 304,135, with 24,563 of them being active cases.
He said that of the new cases, three were imported cases who were infected abroad while 1,552 were local transmissions.
“All three imported cases involved foreigners while the local transmissions involved 1,108 Malaysians and 444 foreigners.
“A total of 2,528 recoveries were also reported today, taking the total number of recoveries to 278,431,” he told the daily Covid-19 press conference today.
A bird’s eye view of Kuala Lumpur Butterfly Park, which is covered by green netting. Photos: FAIHAN GHANI, SAMUEL ONG and YAP CHEE HONG/The Star
IF KUALA Lumpur does not take immediate measures to conserve its butterfly population, it will most likely end up like Singapore which “lost” almost half of its butterflies.
“We will go down the same road if we do not take good mitigation measures (to conserve), ” said Associate Prof Dr Norela Sulaiman from the Biological and Biotechnology Department of the Faculty of Science and Technology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.
The entomologist said Malaysia’s butterfly population was declining and if conservation efforts were not done soon, it would lose more species.