MOH explains discrepancy in Covid-19 death by ethnicity data

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The Ministry of Health (MOH) has clarified why two written replies in Parliament about Covid-19 deaths by ethnicity show significantly different data for the same period.The MOH's Crisis Preparedness and Response Centre's Head of Data Dr Mahesh Appannan said figures for Malay, Chinese and Indian deaths differed widely between the replies because of verification processes.Initially, a written reply to Ong Kian Ming (DAP-Bangi) noted that from Jan 1 to Oct 3 this year, 8,886 Covid-19 deaths among Malaysians were from the Malay community, 2,815 ethnic Chinese, 1,746 ethnic Indian while 12,765 were other ethnicities.However, an updated reply on Oct 12, which fixed a mistake earlier made on non-Malaysian deaths, showed significantly different data for these three ethnic groups.This time, it showed that from Jan 1 to Oct 3 this year, 13,772 Malays, 4,753 ethnic Chinese and 2…