Covid-19 (Sept 18): 1,639 new cases, 4 deaths

 

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry said 1,639 new daily Covid-19 cases were reported yesterday, bringing the total cumulative cases to 4,818,890.

Active cases currently stood at 25,611, down by 7 percent compared to 14 days ago.

New cases according to states are as follows:

Selangor (659)
Kuala Lumpur (295)
Sabah (137)
Perak (108)
Negeri Sembilan (70)
Sarawak (60)
Penang (57)
Kedah (55)
Johor (48)
Malacca (46)
Kelantan (36)
Pahang (32)
Putrajaya (19)
Terengganu (13)
Labuan (3)
Perlis (1)

Another four deaths attributed to Covid-19 were reported yesterday, of which one was declared as "brought in dead".

Over the past week, an average of 4.6 people were reported to have died of Covid-19, while the average for the past 30 days was 6.1, indicating that Covid-19 deaths are on the downtrend.

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, a total of 36,312 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.

The deaths were in Malacca (1), Perak (1), Sabah (1) and Selangor (1).

There are 1,143 Covid-19 patients who are hospitalised, of which 60 are in intensive care.

The highest number of admissions yesterday was recorded in Sabah (83), followed by Selangor (59) and Johor (26). - Mkini