Covid-19 deaths (Nov 12): 49 reported fatalities, total at 29,535

 

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry's Github data repository reported a total of 49 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Nov 11), bringing the cumulative death toll to 29,535.

Malaysia has the highest number of deaths per capita in the Asean and East Asia regions with 891 deaths per one million population.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 28.6 percent or 14 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Sabah recorded the highest number of new deaths at 12, making up 24.5 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Perak (9), Sarawak (7), Selangor (7), Terengganu (6), Kelantan (3), Johor (2), Kedah (1), Pahang (1) and Kuala Lumpur (1).

No new deaths were reported in Malacca, Negeri Sembilan, Perlis, Penang, Labuan and Putrajaya.

An average of 67 Covid-19 deaths was reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 54, indicating a downward trend.

To date, 720 Covid-19 deaths have been reported this month.

As of yesterday, there were 63,827 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 4.7 percent from the 66,944 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 41.4 percent from 108,997.

Cluster-linked infections

The Health Ministry's post-midnight update also provided further insights into the new Covid-19 infections yesterday.

From the 6,323 new cases yesterday, a total of 135 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 81 (60 percent) were from workplaces while 24 (17.8 percent) were from high-risk groups such as old folks homes.

Another 24 (17.8 percent) were from clusters linked to education institutions.

The remaining cases were traced to clusters related to community transmissions (6 - 4.4 percent). - Mkini

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