Covid-19 (Jan 9): 383 new cases, 8 deaths

 

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 383 new daily Covid-19 cases yesterday.

Active cases currently stood at 11,414, down 14.8 percent compared to 14 days ago.

New cases according to states are as follows:

Selangor (149)
Kuala Lumpur (42)
Kedah (25)
Sarawak (25)
Malacca (24)
Negeri Sembilan (24)
Perak (19)
Johor (16)
Penang (16)
Putrajaya (11)
Pahang (10)
Kelantan (8)
Sabah (8)
Terengganu (4)
Perlis (1)
Labuan (1)

Another 8 deaths attributed to Covid-19 were reported yesterday, of which 1 were declared as "brought in dead".

Over the past week, an average of 3.6 people were reported to have died of Covid-19, while the average for the past 30 days was 4.3, indicating that Covid-19 deaths are on the downtrend.

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, a total of 36,883 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.

There are 607 Covid-19 patients who are hospitalised of which 28 are in intensive care.

The highest number of admissions yesterday was recorded in Sabah (47) followed by Selangor (42) and Johor (12). - Mkini