Covid-19 (Aug 28): 2,191 new cases, 2 deaths

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 2,191 new daily Covid-19 cases yesterday.

Active cases currently stood at 32,901, down 22 percent compared to 14 days ago.

New cases according to states are as follows:

Selangor (720)
Kuala Lumpur (398)
Sabah (212)
Perak (180)
Negeri Sembilan (119)
Johor (87)
Penang (83)
Malacca (79)
Kedah (78)
Sarawak (54)
Kelantan (53)
Pahang (48)
Terengganu (48)
Putrajaya (20)
Perlis (8)
Labuan (4)

Another two deaths attributed to Covid-19 were reported yesterday, both in Perak.

Over the past week, an average of 7.6 people were reported to have died of Covid-19, while the average for the past 30 days was 8.1, indicating that Covid-19 deaths are on the downtrend.

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, a total of 36,198 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.

There have been 229 reported Covid-19 deaths this month. For comparison, there were 204 deaths last month and 89 deaths in June.

There are 1,282 Covid-19 patients who are hospitalised of which 73 are in intensive care.

The highest number of admissions yesterday was recorded in Selangor (78) followed by Johor (61) and Sarawak (41).