Covid-19 deaths (Nov 25): 37 reported fatalities, uptick in active cases

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry's Github data repository reported a 37 new Covid-19 deaths yesterday (Nov 24), bringing the cumulative death toll to 30,147.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 24.3 percent or 9 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Terengganu recorded the highest number of new deaths at 7, making up 18.9 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were reported in Negeri Sembilan (5), Sabah (5), Kelantan (4), Selangor (4), Johor (3), Perak (3), Kedah (2), Pahang (2), Sarawak (1) and Kuala Lumpur (1).

Over the past two weeks, the highest incidence of deaths occurred in Terengganu, Kelantan and Sarawak, according to the CovidNow website.

Incidentally, Terengganu and Kelantan currently has the highest rates of utilisation rate of hospital beds meant for Covid-19 patients.

A total of 36 out of the 37 reported deaths or 97.3 percent happened in the last seven days.

The remaining deaths happened more than a week ago but were only recorded yesterday due to delays in data reporting.

An average of 55 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 45, indicating a downtrend.

To date, 1,334 Covid-19 deaths have been reported this month.

A total of 2,704 Covid-19 deaths were reported in October, 9,678 in September, 7,642 in August and 3,858 in July.

As of yesterday, there were 69,261 active Covid-19 cases. This is an increase of 3.7 percent from the 66,795 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 5.4 percent from 73,225.

Notably, active cases have been trending up over the past two weeks in most parts of the country, except in Malacca and Sarawak.

 - Mkini

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