More than 40 people have died as a result of the Covid-19 virus in Malaysia

[ASEAN NOW Content Team]

 

As of midnight, Malaysia's Covid-19 death toll had risen by 40, bringing the total number of deaths to 30,614 since the outbreak began.

People who died before reaching hospitals accounted for ten of the most recent fatalities.

With this, the total number of people who have been brought in dead in the country has reached 6,199.

The state with the highest deaths was Johor, with eight, followed by Perak with six, and Kedah with five.

 

Four people died in each of the states of Selangor, Sabah, and Terengganu.

Three people died in Sarawak, where a state election is taking place.

Two people died in Pahang, while one person died in each of Penang, Melaka, and Negri Sembilan.

Those who were fully vaccinated accounted for 60.5 percent of deaths over the last two weeks, 3.2 percent for those who were partially vaccinated, and 36.3 percent for those who were unvaccinated.

 

Yesterday, Malaysia reported 4,298 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of infections detected to 2,654,474 since last year.

However, the number of people who have recovered from the sickness has been positive, with 2,566,159 people having done so thus far.

Selangor has the most cases of the Covid-19 cases reported yesterday, with 1,160 cases.

There were 434 cases in Kelantan, 364 in Johor, 324 in Kedah, 294 in Sabah, 278 in Pahang, 261 in Penang, 259 in Perak, 254 in Terengganu, 228 in Kuala Lumpur, and 221 in Negri Sembilan (107).

Sarawak, Putrajaya, Perlis, and Labuan, respectively, had 71, 33, 17, and 11 cases.

 

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