THE Health Ministry reported 64 new Covid-19 deaths recorded as of midnight, all of which were backlog cases, meaning no one in Malaysia died of the virus yesterday.

According to data from the ministry’s Git.hub raw data repository, 14 of the reported cases were pronounced dead on arrival.

The ministry derives the daily figure from the sum total of the number of reported deaths on a given day, including backlog cases only just confirmed by the health authorities after completing their clinical investigations.

With the new fatalities, the cumulative Covid-19 death toll in Malaysia is 27,329.

Kelantan recorded 14 deaths, the highest number of fatalities by state, followed by Selangor with 11.

Other states and federal territories recording deaths were, Johor (9), Pahang (2), Perlis (1), Kelantan (14), Penang (1), Sabah (7), Kedah (5), Malacca (1), Sarawak (3), Perak (7) and Terengganu (3).

No deaths from the coronavirus were reported in Negri Sembilan, Kuala Lumpur, Labuan or Putrajaya.

Perlis has reported 10.2 deaths per population of 100,000 over the past two weeks, compared to the national average of 3.8 deaths per population of 100,000. – October 11, 2021.