Covid-19 deaths (Nov 5): 64 reported fatalities, highest in Sarawak

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry's Github data repository reported a total of 64 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Nov 4), bringing the cumulative death toll to 29,155.

Malaysia has the highest number of deaths per capita in the Asean and East Asian regions with 876 deaths per 1 million population.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 25 percent or 16 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 19, making up 29.7 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Johor (8), Kelantan (7), Perak (6), Selangor (6), Pahang (4), Kedah (3), Sabah (3), Terengganu (3), Penang (2), Kuala Lumpur (2) and Negeri Sembilan (1).

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

A total of 57 out of the 64 reported deaths or 89.1 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 76 Covid-19 deaths was reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 55, indicating a downtrend.

As of yesterday, there were 66,944 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 6.2 percent from the 71,358 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 50.8 percent from 135,946.

Cluster-linked infections

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

From the 5,713 new cases yesterday, a total of 162 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 105 (64.8 percent) were from workplaces while 19 (11.7 percent) were from community transmissions.

Another 18 (11.1 percent) were from clusters linked to high-risk groups such as old folks homes.

The remaining cases were traced to clusters related to education institutions (18 - 11.1 percent) and detention centres (2 - 1.2 percent).