Covid-19 deaths (Jan 3): 19 reported fatalities

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 19 new Covid-19 deaths yesterday (Jan 2), bringing the cumulative death toll to 31,532.

Four of those deaths involved cases where the patient died before they receive treatment at a hospital.

Selangor (5) recorded the highest number of new deaths followed by Terengganu (4), Johor (3), Sabah (2), Kedah (1), Kelantan (1), Malacca (1), Negeri Sembilan (1) and Kuala Lumpur (1).

No new deaths were reported in Pahang, Perak, Perlis, Penang, Sarawak, Labuan and Putrajaya.

A total of 18 out of the 19 reported deaths or 94.7 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 33 Covid-19 deaths was reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 28, indicating a downtrend.

As of yesterday, there were 40,606 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 9.4 percent from the 44,815 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 35.0 percent from 62,487.