KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 14 — The Health Ministry recorded 68 new deaths from Covid-19 as at midnight, bringing the total lives lost in the country to 27,593.Labuan had the highest fatality rate, with 15.0 deaths per 10,000 people. This is closely followed by Selangor at 14.5 deaths per 10,000 people and Kuala Lumpur at 14.2 deaths per 10,000 people.
The national average for deaths currently stands at 8.4 per 10,000 people, with only eight other states recording lower averages. They are Sabah , Kelantan , Perak , Pahang, Perlis and Sarawak , Terengganu and Putrajaya . The CovidNow website showed that 68.9 per cent of the deaths were unvaccinated individuals, while 21.7 per cent were partially vaccinated and 9.4 per cent were fully vaccinated.
More than half of the latest deaths recorded were those aged above 60, continuing yesterday’s trend. In comparison, 45.8 per cent involved those between the ages of 18 and 59. In terms of gender, more men died, making up 56.9 per cent of the total number, while women represented 43.1 per cent.Yesterday, Malaysia recorded 7,921 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the total number of infected to 2,356,507 cases.