Covid-19 (Nov 16): 3,304 new cases, 8 deaths

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 3,304 new daily Covid-19 cases yesterday.

Active cases currently stood at 28,165, down 18.6 percent compared to 14 days ago.

New cases according to states are as follows:

Selangor (1,197)
Kedah (276)
Kuala Lumpur (233)
Sabah (221)
Kelantan (195)
Sarawak (192)
Penang (173)
Malacca (163)
Putrajaya (147)
Perak (138)
Pahang (126)
Terengganu (76)
Negeri Sembilan (75)
Johor (52)
Perlis (20)
Labuan (20)

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

Over the past week, an average of 7.0 people were reported to have died of Covid-19, while the average for the past 30 days was 5.0, indicating that Covid-19 deaths are on the uptrend.

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, a total of 36,574 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.

There have been 99 reported Covid-19 deaths this month. For comparison, there were 101 deaths last month and 158 deaths in September.

There are 1,945 Covid-19 patients who are hospitalised of which 90 are in intensive care.

The highest number of admissions yesterday was recorded in Selangor (155) followed by Sabah (123) and Johor (81).