MALAYSIA recorded 480 new daily Covid-19 cases yesterday, the Health Ministry said. There were also four news coronavirus-related deaths.

Active cases currently stand at 13,818, down 21.3% compared to 14 days ago, the lowest since December 2020.

New cases according to states are as follows: Selangor (199), Penang (49), Kuala Lumpur (44), Sarawak (31), Kedah (26), Perak (26), Malacca (22), Johor (18), Negeri Sembilan (15), Kelantan (12), Sabah (11), Putrajaya (11), Pahang (7), Terengganu (4), Perlis (3) and Labuan (2).

The four deaths reported yesterday were in Johor (2), Kedah (1) and Penang (1).

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, a total of 36,835 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.

There have been 151 reported Covid-19 deaths this month. There were 209 deaths last month and 101 deaths in October.

There are 885 Covid-19 patients who are hospitalised, of which 45 are in intensive care.

The highest number of admissions yesterday was recorded in Sabah (59) followed by Selangor (44) and Johor (19). – December 27, 2022.