COVID-19 | The Health Ministry's Github data repository reported a total of 98 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Oct 27), bringing the cumulative death toll to 28,674.

Malaysia has the highest number of deaths per capita in Asean as well as East Asia with 871 deaths per million population.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 32.7 percent or 32 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Sarawak recorded the highest number of new deaths at 29, making up 29.6 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Perak (11), Kelantan (10), Johor (9), Sabah (9), Kuala Lumpur (6), Malacca (5), Kedah (4), Pahang (4), Negeri Sembilan (3), Penang (3), Terengganu (3), Perlis (1) and Selangor (1).

No new deaths were reported in Labuan and Putrajaya.

A total of 80 out of the 98 reported deaths or 81.6 percent happened in the last seven days.

The remaining deaths happened more than a week ago but were only recorded yesterday due to delays in data reporting.

An average of 99 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 77, indicating a downward trend.

To date, 2,466 Covid-19 deaths have been reported this month.

A total of 9,680 Covid-19 deaths were reported in September, 7,642 in August, 3,858 in July and 2,380 in June.

As of yesterday, there were 71,713 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 13.8 percent from the 83,223 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 59.6 percent from 177,561.

Cluster-linked infections

The Health Ministry's post-midnight update also provided further insights into the new Covid-19 infections yesterday.

From the 6,148 new cases yesterday, a total of 200 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 148 (74 percent) were from workplaces while 30 (15 percent) were from community transmissions.

Another 14 (7 percent) were from clusters linked to education institutions.

The remaining cases were traced to clusters related to religious events (5 - 2.5 percent) and high-risk groups such as old folks homes (3 - 1.5 percent).

Previously, the Health Ministry released deaths statistics together with the number of new Covid-19 cases in the evening. This had since changed.

Deaths statistics are now released after midnight along with other more detailed data. Malaysiakini reports them in the morning.