Covid-19 deaths (Nov 11): 59 reported fatalities, total at 29,486

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry's Github data repository reported a total of 59 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Nov 10), bringing the cumulative death toll to 29,486.

Malaysia has the highest number of deaths per capita in the Asean and East Asia regions with 891 deaths per one million population.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 16.9 percent or 10 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 12, making up 20.3 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Sabah (11), Perak (8), Kedah (5), Kelantan (4), Penang (4), Terengganu (4), Selangor (3), Kuala Lumpur (3), Johor (2), Malacca (1), Negeri Sembilan (1) and Pahang (1).

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

A total of 48 out of the 59 reported deaths or 81.4 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 69 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 56, indicating a downward trend.

To date, 671 Covid-19 deaths have been reported this month.

As of yesterday, there were 62,890 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 6.4 percent from the 67,160 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 44 percent from 112,379.

Cluster-linked infections

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

From the 6,243 new cases yesterday, a total of 247 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 169 (68.4 percent) were from workplaces while 55 (22.3 percent) were from education institutions.

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