But if you need a visual reminder, let this picture of a container be it.

A very grim reminder

However, this is not your usual container, though.

This container is now being used as a makeshift morgue for patients who succumbed to COVID-19.

On Sunday (16 May), the official Ministry of Health (MOH) Twitter account shared several photos of a container that the Sungai Buloh Hospital is using to store bodies of dead COVID-19 patients.

The pictures are a grim reminder that the the situation is so bad, the hospital’s forensic medicine department was forced to use a shipping container as an additional morgue.

According to MOH, the hospital recorded six more deaths on Sunday, and the figure will continue to rise if we do not take the SOPs seriously.

"More than 80 per cent of deaths from Covid-19 infection in this country is made up of the elderly and those who have more than one chronic disease or are comorbid.

"Most of them get infected from close family members. If you live with those who are of high risk, protect yourself to enable you to protect them," the Ministry wrote.

Jabatan Perubatan Forensik @HOSPITALSGBULOH terpaksa menyediakan kontena khas sebagai tambahan tempat penyimpanan jenazah/mayat yang meninggal dunia kerana #COVID19.Hari ini, enam lagi kematian dilaporkan di hospital itu.Lebih 80% kematian COVID-19 pic.twitter.com/Eul26Fwkyp

— KKMalaysia?? (@KKMPutrajaya) May 16, 2021

Rising death cases

Malaysia has seen a sudden spike in the number of COVID-19-related deaths recently.

As of Sunday (16 May), Malaysia has recorded a total of 1,902 deaths in the country.

36 kes kematian termasuk 1 bukan warganegara akibat jangkitan #COVID19 dilaporkan hari ini. Ini menjadikan kematian akibat jangkitan #COVID19 di Malaysia; 1,902.KKM mengucapkan takziah kepada ahli keluarga mereka.#JagaDiriJagaKeluarga#StayHome pic.twitter.com/X76K44VlMv

— KKMalaysia?? (@KKMPutrajaya) May 16, 2021

On Saturday (15 May), we recorded the highest number of deaths in a single day with 44.