Covid-19 (Jan 5): 571 new cases, 7 deaths

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry said 571 new daily Covid-19 cases were reported yesterday, bringing the total cumulative cases to 5,028,794.

Active cases currently stood at 11,564, down 19.6 percent compared to 14 days ago.

New cases according to states are as follows:

Selangor (191)
Kuala Lumpur (82)
Sarawak (54)
Malacca (40)
Perak (37)
Penang (29)
Kedah (24)
Pahang (21)
Johor (20)
Sabah (18)
Negeri Sembilan (15)
Terengganu (15)
Putrajaya (13)
Kelantan (10)
Perlis (1)
Labuan (1)

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

Over the past week, an average of 2.1 people were reported to have died of Covid-19, while the average for the past 30 days was 4.5, indicating that Covid-19 deaths are on the downtrend.

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, a total of 36,866 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.

The states with the highest deaths were Johor, Negeri Sembilan, and Selangor with 2 each, while Penang had one.

There are 581 Covid-19 patients who are hospitalised of which 38 are in intensive care.

The highest number of admissions yesterday was recorded in Selangor (62) followed by Sabah (50) and Kuala Lumpur (23). - Mkini