Covid-19 (Oct 3): 1,244 new cases, 5 deaths

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 1,244 new daily Covid-19 cases yesterday.

Active cases currently stood at 23,331, down 5.6 percent compared to 14 days ago.

New cases according to states are as follows:

Selangor (455)
Kuala Lumpur (159)
Sabah (110)
Perak (98)
Kelantan (64)
Kedah (63)
Penang (60)
Negeri Sembilan (55)
Sarawak (40)
Malacca (39)
Johor (36)
Putrajaya (25)
Pahang (19)
Terengganu (16)
Perlis (5)

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

These deaths were reported in Perak (2), Johor (1), Negeri Sembilan (1) and Kuala Lumpur (1).

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, a total of 36,380 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.

There are 968 Covid-19 patients who are hospitalised, of which 46 are in intensive care.

The highest number of admissions yesterday was recorded in Sabah (73) followed by Selangor (69) and Johor (34).