COVID-19 | The Health Ministry's Github data repository reported a total of 132 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 7), bringing the cumulative death toll to 27,113.
Malaysia is the worst-performing country in Asia in the number of Covid-19 deaths per capita.
From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 19.7 percent or 26 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.
Penang recorded the highest number of new deaths at 33, making up 25 percent of the newly reported fatalities.
The remaining deaths were in Sarawak (19), Johor (15), Sabah (15), Perak (14), Selangor (13), Kelantan (6), Terengganu (6), Pahang (4), Kedah (3), Perlis (2), Malacca (1) and Kuala Lumpur (1).
No new deaths were reported in Negeri Sembilan, Labuan and Putrajaya.
An average of 277 Covid-19 deaths was reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 111, indicating a downward trend.
As of yesterday, there were 129,049 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 21.6 percent from the 164,536 active infections a week ago.
Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 48.8 percent from 252,005.
The Health Ministry's post-midnight update also provided further insights into the new Covid-19 infections yesterday.
From the 9,890 new cases yesterday, a total of 2,672 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.
From the cluster-linked cases, 2,135 (79.9 percent) were from workplaces while 359 (13.4 percent) were from community transmissions.
Another 80 (3 percent) were from clusters linked to detention centres.
The remaining cases were traced to clusters related to high-risk groups such as old folks homes (73 - 2.7 percent), education institutions (13 - 0.5 percent) and religious events (12 - 0.4 percent).
Previously, the Health Ministry released deaths statistics together with the number of new Covid-19 cases in the evening. This had since changed.
Deaths statistics are now released after midnight along with other more detailed data. Malaysiakini reports them in the morning.
- Mkini
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