Covid-19 (Oct 27): 2,762 new cases, 4 deaths

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 2,762 new daily Covid-19 cases yesterday.

Active cases currently stood at 28,720, up 21.9 percent compared to 14 days ago.

New cases according to states are as follows:

Selangor (964)
Kuala Lumpur (709)
Perak (217)
Sabah (126)
Penang (104)
Negeri Sembilan (94)
Sarawak (90)
Malacca (82)
Kedah (75)
Kelantan (74)
Pahang (68)
Johor (60)
Putrajaya (54)
Terengganu (30)
Perlis (9)
Labuan (6)

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

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, a total of 36,462 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.

There have been 88 reported Covid-19 deaths this month. For comparison, there were 158 deaths last month and 247 deaths in August.

There are 1,170 Covid-19 patients who are hospitalised of which 47 are in intensive care.

The highest number of admissions yesterday was recorded in Selangor (121) followed by Sabah (75) and Johor (60).