Malaysia’s fatality rate lower than global figures

As of Saturday, Malaysia’s case fatality rate was 0.9%, said Universiti Malaya Department of Social and Preventive Medicine Faculty of Medicine Prof Dr Moy Foong Ming.

The statistics by the Health Ministry’s Institute for Clinical Research on Oct 13 noted that the country’s CFR was at 1% which meant that for every 100 person infected with the virus, one person might die. But he said the CFR was a rather simplistic way of calculating the death rate, adding that it was also difficult to make direct comparisons with other countries’ death rates as they defined Covid-19 deaths differently, and the varying testing rates make it “not really comparable”.

In terms of the death rates per million population, Universiti Putra Malaysia medical epidemiologist and biostatistician Assoc Prof Dr Malina Osman said Malaysia’s death rate was lower compared to the global rates. Those in their 50s recorded 19.1% of the deaths, while people in their 70s recorded 21%. Those aged above 80 recorded 14%.

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