Covid-19 (Sept 29): 1,867 new cases, 4 deaths

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 1,867 new daily Covid-19 cases yesterday.

Active cases currently stood at 25,174, down 7.3 percent compared to 14 days ago.

New cases according to states are as follows:

Selangor (470)
Kuala Lumpur (451)
Perak (183)
Sabah (159)
Penang (104)
Malacca (82)
Negeri Sembilan (79)
Sarawak (77)
Johor (56)
Kelantan (55)
Kedah (52)
Pahang (40)
Terengganu (29)
Putrajaya (23)
Perlis (4)
Labuan (3)

Another 4 deaths attributed to Covid-19 were reported yesterday in Sabah (2), Pahang (1) and Sarawak (1).

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, a total of 36,369 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.

There have been 153 reported Covid-19 deaths this month. For comparison, there were 247 deaths last month and 204 deaths in July.

There are 1,060 Covid-19 patients who are hospitalised of which 43 are in intensive care.

The highest number of admissions yesterday was recorded in Sabah (79) followed by Selangor (79) and Johor (37).