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KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysia on Friday (Jan 8) reported a record 16 deaths in one day linked to Covid-19, and also logged the highest number of patients in intensive care and those requiring ventilators to survive. There were 2,643 new cases of the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, lower than the record high of of 3,027 posted the previous day, the Health Ministry said in its daily update. The total death tally from Covid-19 stands at 537. "The increase in deaths today is due to the phenomenon where some cases require a certain period of time for further investigations...
