MALAYSIA logged 88 Covid-19 deaths as of midnight yesterday, an increase from its previous day’s 68e, the Health Ministry reported.

Data from the ministry’s Git.hub raw data repository showed all fatalities were backlog reports, meaning no deaths occurred yesterday.

Twenty-two of the cases were classified dead on arrival.

The daily death figure is the sum total of the number of reported deaths on the day plus cases just confirmed by the health authorities to be due to Covid-19 after investigation.

With the new fatalities, the Covid-19 death toll in Malaysia stands at 27,681.

Sarawak reported the highest fatality count yesterday with 19 deaths.

Other states and federal territories recording deaths were Johor (15), Kedah (4), Kelantan (6), Malacca, Pahang, and Putrajaya (1), Perak (8), Penang (5), Selangor (7), Kuala Lumpur (4), and Terengganu (2).

Negri Sembilan, Perlis and Labuan did not report any deaths.

There were 101,587 active Covid-19 cases in Malaysia as of last night. Of these, 702 patients were treated in intensive care units, 367 of them on ventilator support.

Meanwhile, 78,414 patients were in home quarantine; 14,975 in low-risk quarantine centres; and  7,496 were hospitalised.

Total recoveries number 2.24 million, 12,456 of which were reported yesterday. – October 15, 2021.