Higher TB death rate recorded in Malaysia last year - Dr Zaliha

A total of 2,572 deaths due to tuberculosis (TB) were recorded last year, an increase of 12 percent or 284 cases compared to 2021, Health Minister Dr Zaliha Mustafa announced in Putrajaya.

In a statement in conjunction with World Tuberculosis Day today, she said a total of 25,391 cases of the disease were reported last year, with an increase of 3,664 or 17 percent compared to 21,727 cases, during the same period the previous year...