A 70-year-old Malaysian man is the 11th person to die of Covid-19 in Malaysia, according to Noor Hisham Abdullah, the Health director-general of Malaysia.
In a Facebook post on March 23, Noor Hisham said the man, who is Malaysia's 1,070th case, has a history of chronic disease.
Chairman of local Islamic prayer hall
According to Noor Isham, the man is the chairman of a surau, an Islamic prayer hall, in his local area.
He also recently travelled to Indonesia in February 2020.
The man had started to show symptoms a week before being admitted to hospital on March 18.
He was confirmed to have Covid-19 on March 19, and was admitted into the ICU.
His health gradually deteriorated and he was confirmed dead on March 22, at 9:05pm.
Top image from Hisham Abdullah's Facebook page.
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