Covid-19 (June 12): 1,571 new cases, 1 death

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 1,571 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, bringing the total cumulative infections to 4,526,298.

Active cases stood at 22,395, down 5.8 percent compared to 14 days ago.

New cases according to states are as follows:

Selangor (714)
Kuala Lumpur (221)
Penang (133)
Perak (106)
Negeri Sembilan (84)
Sabah (58)
Johor (55)
Malacca (55)
Sarawak (40)
Kedah (28)
Pahang (24)
Terengganu (20)
Putrajaya (15)
Kelantan (9)
Perlis (5)
Labuan (4)

One death was attributed to Covid-19 yesterday. It occurred in Perak and was not "brought in dead".

Over the past week, an average of 3.4 people were reported to have died of the disease, while the average for the past 30 days was 3.5, indicating that such deaths are on the downtrend.

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, a total of 35,712 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.

There were 129 deaths last month and 564 in April.

There are 976 Covid-19 patients who are hospitalised of which 26 are in intensive care.

The highest number of admissions yesterday was recorded in Selangor (116) followed by Johor (72) and Sabah (50).