Covid-19 deaths (Oct 2): 121 reported fatalities, total at 26,456

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry's Github data repository reported a total of 121 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 1), bringing the Covid-19 death toll to 26,456.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 23.1 percent or 28 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 25, making up 20.7 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Johor (17), Sabah (17), Kelantan (15), Selangor (15), Perak (7), Kuala Lumpur (7), Kedah (6), Penang (6), Perlis (3), Terengganu (2) and Pahang (1).

No new deaths were reported in Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Labuan and Putrajaya.

Sarawak is the only state where deaths, based on actual dates when the death occurred, are trending up over the past month.

A total of 99 out of the 121 reported deaths or 81.8 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 317 Covid-19 deaths was reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 218, indicating a downtrend.

As of yesterday, there were 160,413 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 18.1 percent from the 195,837 active cases a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by almost 40 percent from 265,277.

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.