Covid-19 (Sept 6): 2,067 new cases, 6 deaths

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 2,067 new daily Covid-19 cases yesterday.

Active cases currently stood at 27,328, down 21.9 percent compared to 14 days ago.

New cases according to states are as follows:

Selangor (589)
Kuala Lumpur (454)
Sabah (160)
Perak (145)
Sarawak (132)
Negeri Sembilan (90)
Kedah (80)
Malacca (74)
Johor (69)
Kelantan (67)
Pahang (62)
Penang (62)
Putrajaya (49)
Terengganu (27)
Labuan (4)
Perlis (3)

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

Deaths were reported in Selangor (2), Johor (1), Kedah (1), Penang (1) and Kuala Lumpur (1).

Over the past week, an average of 6.4 people were reported to have died of Covid-19, while the average for the past 30 days was 7.6, indicating that Covid-19 deaths are on the downtrend.

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, a total of 36,255 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.

There are 1,277 Covid-19 patients who are hospitalised of which 69 are in intensive care.

The highest number of admissions yesterday was recorded in Sabah (81) followed by Selangor (76) and Johor (66).