The Health Ministry said 816 new daily Covid-19 cases were reported yesterday, bringing the total cumulative cases to 5,019,400.

Active cases stood at 15,411, down 30.0 percent compared to 14 days ago.

New cases according to states are as follows:

Selangor (383)
Sarawak (79)
Malacca (67)
Kuala Lumpur (46)
Kedah (37)
Sabah (37)
Penang (34)
Perak (31)
Negeri Sembilan (28)
Johor (16)
Putrajaya (14)
Kelantan (13)
Terengganu (13)
Pahang (11)
Labuan (4)
Perlis (3)

Another six deaths attributed to Covid-19 were reported yesterday, of which one was declared as "brought in dead".

Over the past week, an average of 5.1 people were reported to have died of Covid-19 daily, while the average for the past 30 days was 7.3, indicating that Covid-19 deaths are on the downtrend.

Since the start of the pandemic in March 2020, a total of 36,814 deaths have been attributed to Covid-19.

The state with the highest number of deaths was Perak (3), followed by Selangor (2), and Kedah (1).

There are 915 Covid-19 patients hospitalised of which 41 are in intensive care.

The highest number of admissions yesterday was recorded in Sabah (75), followed by Selangor (56) and Kedah (39).