M'sian Covid-19 patient in S'pore dies from unrelated heart attack
CORONAVIRUS | A 40-year-old Malaysian man infected with Covid-19 died in Singapore from a heart attack today.
The Singapore Health Ministry said the death was not due to complications from Covid-19.
CORONAVIRUS | A 40-year-old Malaysian man infected with Covid-19 died in Singapore from a heart attack today.
The Singapore Health Ministry said the death was not due to complications from Covid-19.
"He was confirmed to have been infected with Covid-19 on April 17.
"The cause of death was acute myocardial infarction with cardiogenic shock and was not due to complications from Covid-19 infection," the ministry said in a statement tonight.
Meanwhile, Singapore also gave an update on the 942 new cases in the country today.
Of the new infections, 893 were work permit holders residing in dormitories.
"Most of these cases are young patients, have a mild illness and are being monitored in community isolation facilities or at the general wards of our hospitals. None of them are in intensive care units."
Twenty-seven other work permit holders living outside of dormitories were also infected, the ministry added.
It is unclear how many of these new infections involve Malaysians.
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