Covid-19 (Dec 1): 2,375 new cases, 11 deaths

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 2,375 new daily Covid-19 cases yesterday.

Active cases stood at 24,467, down 11.7 percent compared to 14 days ago.

New cases according to states are as follows:

Selangor (596)
Kuala Lumpur (254)
Kedah (238)
Sarawak (176)
Sabah (168)
Malacca (160)
Penang (133)
Kelantan (131)
Pahang (107)
Perak (107)
Negeri Sembilan (93)
Putrajaya (75)
Terengganu (73)
Johor (43)
Labuan (16)
Perlis (5)

Another 11 deaths attributed to Covid-19 were reported yesterday, of which two were declared as "brought in dead".

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, 36,695 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.

There were 209 deaths last month and 101 deaths in October.

There are 1,739 Covid-19 patients hospitalised of which 91 are in intensive care.

The highest number of admissions yesterday was recorded in Selangor (114) followed by Sabah (52) and Kedah (49).