The Covid-19 death toll in Malaysia reached 31,026 yesterday with the addition of 37 fatal cases of infection, the Health Ministry reported. 

Four of the new deaths were dead on arrival. 

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

According to the ministry’s Github raw data repository, Penang logged the most deaths at six.

Other states and territories that reported deaths were Kedah (4), Perak (4), Terengganu (4), Negri Sembilan (3), Pahang (3), Selangor (3), Sabah (2), Kuala Lumpur (2), Kelantan (1) and Malacca (1).

No new deaths were reported in Labuan, Putrajaya, Sarawak, and Perlis. 

The Covid-19 fatality rate stands at 0.8.%. –  December 17, 2021.