Covid-19 (April 1): 17,476 new cases, death toll crosses 35k

 

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 17,476 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, bringing the cumulative cases to 4,219,395.

It also announced 30 new fatalities, putting the death toll at 35,013.

Malaysia has the highest number of deaths per capita in the Asean and East Asian regions with 1,056 deaths per 1 million population, and is the fourth-worst in Asia after Iran, Lebanon and Jordan - all in the Middle East.

New cases according to states are as follows:

Selangor (10,623)

Kuala Lumpur (1,191)

Perak (788)

Penang (730)

Sarawak (648)

Johor (623)

Negeri Sembilan (588)

Kedah (529)

Pahang (496)

Malacca (439)

Sabah (270)

Terengganu (229)

Kelantan (178)

Labuan (56)

Putrajaya (56)

Perlis (32)

Active cases stood at 206,980, down 26.9 percent compared to 14 days ago.

The new deaths yesterday were reported in Johor (8), Negeri Sembilan (4), Kedah (3), Malacca (3), Perak (2), Perlis (2), Sarawak (2), Kelantan (1), Pahang (1), Penang (1), Selangor (1), Kuala Lumpur (1) and Labuan (1).

Over the past week, an average of 42.4 people were reported to have died of Covid-19, while the average for the past 30 days was 69.1, indicating that Covid-19 deaths are on the downtrend.

There were 2,235 deaths last month and 770 deaths in February.

There are 4,177 Covid-19 patients who are hospitalised of which 263 are in intensive care.

The national infectivity rate as of March 31 stood at 0.87, indicating that Covid-19 cases are on a downtrend.

Selangor is the only state with an infectivity rate above 1.0, at 1.06.

The value must be kept under 1.0 to prevent an exponential growth of new Covid-19 cases.

- Mkini