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Covid-19 (Dec 15): 1,161 new cases, 3 deaths
Published:  Dec 16, 2022 9:52 AM
Updated: 1:52 AM

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 1,161 new daily Covid-19 cases yesterday.

Active cases currently stood at 16,811, down 30.1 percent compared to 14 days ago.

New cases according to states are as follows:

Selangor (362)
Kuala Lumpur (142)
Sarawak (132)
Malacca (82)
Kedah (73)
Penang (59)
Perak (54)
Negeri Sembilan (46)
Kelantan (42)
Sabah (41)
Pahang (35)
Johor (30)
Putrajaya (30)
Terengganu (25)
Labuan (7)
Perlis (1)

Another 3 deaths attributed to Covid-19 were reported yesterday.

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, a total of 36,787 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.

There have been 103 reported Covid-19 deaths this month. For comparison, there were 209 deaths last month and 101 deaths in October.

There are 1,004 Covid-19 patients who are hospitalised of which 58 are in intensive care.

The highest number of admissions yesterday was recorded in Selangor (94) followed by Sabah (51) and Perak (29).


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