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17 Mei setiap tahun adalah Hari Hipertensi Sedunia.
Laporan NHMS 2019 menunjukkan 3 daripada 10 atau 6.4 juta orang dewasa di Malaysia menghidap darah tinggi atau hipertensi.Malaysia is currently recording five-digit numbers of daily new Covid-19 cases, and its death toll has gone beyond the 10,000-mark. Among the Covid-19 deaths, hypertension is one of the common underlying comorbidities.
Studies have shown that people with Covid-19 and hypertension have a higher risk of developing more severe illness, higher rates of Intensive Care Unit admission and death. In Malaysia, 3 in 10 people had hypertension, according to the National Morbidity and Mortality Survey 2019. It is more worrying that almost half of them were unaware of having it.