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Covid-19 (Oct 5): 1,722 new cases, 2 deaths
Published:  Oct 6, 2022 8:49 AM
Updated: 1:06 AM

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 1,722 new Covid-19 cases yesterday.

Active infections stood at 23,038, down 10.2 percent compared to 14 days ago.

New cases according to states are as follows:

Selangor (581)
Kuala Lumpur (388)
Perak (133)
Sabah (125)
Sarawak (89)
Penang (74)
Negeri Sembilan (62)
Kedah (53)
Kelantan (53)
Malacca (49)
Johor (37)
Terengganu (26)
Pahang (25)
Putrajaya (20)
Labuan (4)
Perlis (3)

Two deaths attributed to Covid-19 were reported yesterday. Both were declared as "brought in dead".

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, a total of 36,387 deaths have been attributed to the disease.

There are 979 Covid-19 patients who are hospitalised of which 48 are in intensive care.

The highest number of admissions yesterday was recorded in Selangor (105) followed by Sabah (88) and Johor (26).


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