Covid-19 deaths (Dec 5): 36 reported fatalities, total at 30,574

 

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported a total of 36 new Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Dec 4), bringing the cumulative death toll to 30,574.

Malaysia has the highest number of deaths per capita in the Asean and East Asian regions with 928 deaths per one million population.

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

Sabah recorded the highest number of new deaths at nine, making up 25 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Penang (6), Johor (4), Kelantan (4), Negeri Sembilan (3), Perak (3), Terengganu (3), Pahang (2), Perlis (1) and Selangor (1).

No new deaths were reported in Kedah, Malacca, Sarawak, Kuala Lumpur, Labuan and Putrajaya.

A total of 27 out of the 36 reported deaths or 75 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 47 Covid-19 deaths was reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 42, indicating a downtrend.

As of yesterday, there were 62,668 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 6.8 percent from the 67,252 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 6.4 percent from 66,946.

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

From the 4,896 new cases yesterday, a total of 159 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 81 (50.9 percent) were from workplaces while 52 (32.7 percent) were from education institutions.

The remaining cases were traced to clusters related to high-risk groups such as old folks homes (22-13.8 percent), religious events (3-1.9 percent) and community transmissions (1-0.6 percent).

The Health Ministry uploads the latest details of the Covid-19 pandemic after midnight on Github as part of its open data initiative. - Mkini