THE Ministry Health reported 413 new Covid-19 deaths as of midnight last night, taking the nationwide toll to 21,124.

According to data provided by the ministry, only four of the victims actually succumbed to the disease yesterday. The remaining 409 deaths were backlog cases that had been previously unreported.

The government has a new method of reporting Covid deaths, which are listed on the newly launched CovidNow website.

It shows two indicators for Covid-19 deaths: backlog cases that are reported on the day and deaths that are calculated to have occurred on the day based on the seven-day average.

The actual deaths by day will be uploaded to the ministry’s GitHub site. 

Selangor accounted for 111 of the 413 deaths, followed by Kedah (54) and Johor (52).

Other states reporting deaths were Sabah (39), Kelantan (36), Penang (33), Negri Sembilan (29), Pahang (15), Malacca and Perak (13 each), Kuala Lumpur (eight), and Sarawak and Terengganu (five each).

No deaths were reported in Perlis, Labuan or Putrajaya. 

Meanwhile, the data also showed that 176 of the 413 fatalities were pronounced dead-on-arrival.

Based on the seven-day average provided by Covidnow, the national count is 104 deaths a day. 

Using the same average by state, it show deaths have dropped significantly in Johor, Kedah, Kelantan, Malacca, Penang, Perak, Sabah, Sarawak, Selangor, and Kuala Lumpur. 

Yesterday, Malaysia reported 16,073 new cases – the lowest figure for more than a month – and 24,813 recoveries, reducing the active caseload in the country to 228,124. – September 14, 2021.