Covid-19 (Dec 11): 867 new cases, 10 deaths

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 867 new daily Covid-19 yesterday - the lowest since May 3.

Active cases stood at 18,721, down 32.3 percent compared to 14 days ago.

New cases according to states are as follows:

Selangor (262)
Penang (72)
Negeri Sembilan (62)
Kuala Lumpur (62)
Sarawak (61)
Kedah (58)
Malacca (57)
Sabah (56)
Perak (55)
Pahang (30)
Kelantan (27)
Terengganu (27)
Johor (26)
Perlis (6)
Putrajaya (5)
Labuan (1)

Another 10 deaths attributed to Covid-19 were reported yesterday, of which 2 were declared as "brought in dead".

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, a total of 36,763 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.

There have been 79 reported Covid-19 deaths this month. For comparison, there were 209 deaths last month and 101 deaths in October.

There are 1,235 Covid-19 patients hospitalised of which 78 are in intensive care.

The highest number of admissions yesterday was recorded in Selangor (77) followed by Sabah (65) and Kedah (28).