COVID-19 | The Health Ministry's Github data repository reported a total of 78 Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (Nov 9), bringing the cumulative death toll to 29,427.

Malaysia has the highest number of deaths per capita in the Asean and East Asian regions with 891 deaths per 1 million population.

From the newly reported deaths yesterday, 24.4 percent or 19 died before they could receive treatment at a hospital.

Kedah recorded the highest number of new deaths at 19, making up 24.4 percent of the newly reported fatalities.

The remaining deaths were in Sarawak (13), Selangor (12), Kelantan (8), Sabah (8), Perak (7), Johor (5), Malacca (2), Terengganu (2), Negeri Sembilan (1) and Kuala Lumpur (1).

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

A total of 58 out of the 78 reported deaths or 74.4 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 70 Covid-19 deaths were reported daily in the last 30 days compared to the seven-day average of 55, indicating a downward trend.

As of yesterday, there were 61,803 active Covid-19 cases. This is a reduction of 7.6 percent from the 66,891 active infections a week ago.

Compared to 30 days ago, the number of active cases has fallen by 47.0 percent from 116,630.

Cluster-linked infections

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

From the 5,403 new cases yesterday, a total of 134 of them could be traced to ongoing Covid-19 clusters.

From the cluster-linked cases, 75 (56.0 percent) were from workplaces while 46 (34.3 percent) were from education institutions.

Another 8 (6.0 percent) were from clusters linked to community transmissions.

The remaining cases were traced to clusters related to and high-risk groups such as old folks homes (5 - 3.7 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.