Covid-19 (Oct 15): 2,023 new cases, no deaths

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry said 2,023 new Covid-19 cases were reported yesterday, bringing the total cumulative cases to 4,865,480.

Active infections stood at 23,881, down 0.9 percent compared to 14 days ago.

New cases according to states are as follows:

Selangor (666)
Kuala Lumpur (469)
Sabah (147)
Perak (146)
Negeri Sembilan (134)
Penang (96)
Sarawak (91)
Malacca (56)
Pahang (50)
Kedah (46)
Johor (43)
Putrajaya (30)
Kelantan (25)
Terengganu (15)
Labuan (5)
Perlis (4)

There were no deaths attributed to Covid-19 reported yesterday.

Over the past week, an average of 2.4 people were reported to have died of the disease, while the average for the past 30 days was 3.9, indicating that Covid-19 deaths are on the downtrend.

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, a total of 36,415 deaths have been attributed to the coronavirus.

There are 965 Covid-19 patients who are hospitalised, of which 34 are in intensive care.

The highest number of admissions yesterday was recorded in Selangor (105) followed by Sabah (78) and Johor (39).