Covid-19 (Sept 1): 2,356 new cases, 9 deaths

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry said 2,356 new daily Covid-19 cases were reported yesterday, bringing the total cumulative cases to 4,784,980.

Active cases currently stood at 31,463, down 26.4 percent compared to 14 days ago.

New cases according to states are as follows:

Selangor (775)
Kuala Lumpur (479)
Sabah (227)
Perak (175)
Negeri Sembilan (127)
Penang (104)
Malacca (97)
Johor (86)
Sarawak (62)
Pahang (59)
Kelantan (49)
Kedah (42)
Terengganu (28)
Putrajaya (25)
Labuan (11)
Perlis (10)

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

These deaths were reported in Selangor (3), Sarawak (2), Pahang (1), Perlis (1), Penang (1) and Sabah (1).

Over the past week, an average of 5.7 people were reported to have died of Covid-19, while the average for the past 30 days was 8.0, indicating that Covid-19 deaths are on the downtrend.

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, a total of 36,225 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.

There are 1,285 Covid-19 patients who are hospitalised of which 74 are in intensive care.

The highest number of admissions yesterday was recorded in Selangor (90) followed by Sabah (72) and Johor (42).