Covid-19 deaths (Nov 9): 58 reported fatalities, total at 29,349

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry's Github data repository reported a total of 58 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Nov 8), bringing the cumulative death toll to 29,349.

Malaysia has the highest number of deaths per capita in the Asean and East Asian regions with 891 deaths per 1 million population.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 13.8 percent or eight died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Selangor recorded the highest number of new deaths at 13, making up 22.4 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

Other states with a significant number of newly reported deaths include Sarawak (12). A total of 130 died in Sarawak over the past two weeks – the highest in the country.

The remaining deaths were in Perak (7), Johor (6), Kelantan (6), Kedah (4), Terengganu (4), Malacca (2), Kuala Lumpur (2), Pahang (1) and Sabah (1).

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

A total of 52 out of the 58 reported deaths or 89.7 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 69 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 53, indicating a downward trend.

As of yesterday, there were 61,760 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 8.1 percent from the 67,233 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 48.6 percent from 120,246.

Cluster-linked infections

The Health Ministry's post-midnight update also provided further insights into the new Covid-19 infections yesterday.

From the 4,543 new cases yesterday, a total of 80 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 63 (78.8 percent) were from workplaces while 10 (12.5 percent) were from education institutions.

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.