PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has reported another 96 Covid-19 deaths that have been classified as brought-in-dead (BID) on Friday (Aug 13).

       This is a new daily record, surpassing the 93 BID cases reported on Thursday (Aug 12).

       In its daily Covid-19 statement, the ministry said 65 of the BID cases were Malaysians and 31 were foreign nationals.

       In total, there were 277 new Covid-19 deaths reported on Friday.

       Malaysia’s Covid-19 death toll has now gone up to 11,968.