Covid-19 deaths (Nov 7): 54 reported fatalities, total at 29,256

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry's Github data repository reported a total of 54 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Nov 6), bringing the cumulative death toll to 29,256.

Malaysia has the highest number of deaths per capita in the Asean and East Asian regions with 889 deaths per 1 million population.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 22.2 percent or 12 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 18, making up 33.3 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Sabah (7), Selangor (7), Pahang (5), Terengganu (4), Johor (3), Kedah (3), Kelantan (3), Perak (2), Malacca (1) and Kuala Lumpur (1).

No new deaths were reported in Negeri Sembilan, Perlis, Penang, Labuan and Putrajaya.

A total of 47 out of the 54 reported deaths or 87 percent happened in the last seven days.

The remaining deaths happened more than a week ago but were only recorded yesterday due to delays in data reporting.

An average of 71 Covid-19 deaths was reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 54, indicating a downtrend.

As of yesterday, there were 65,505 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 5.3 percent from the 69,153 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 49.2 percent from 129,050.

Cluster-linked infections

The Health Ministry's post-midnight update also provided further insights into the new Covid-19 infections yesterday.

From the 4,701 new cases yesterday, a total of 112 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 82 (73.2 percent) were from workplaces while 21 (18.8 percent) were from high-risk groups such as old folks homes.

Another nine (8.0 percent) were from clusters linked to education institutions.

Previously, the Health Ministry released death statistics together with the number of new Covid-19 cases in the evening. This had since changed.

Death statistics are now released after midnight along with other more detailed data. Malaysiakini reports them in the morning.

 - Mkini