KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 30 — Malaysia logged just five new Covid-19 related deaths as of midnight, even as the country recorded new Covid-19 cases above 5,000 for three days in a row.site, this included three people who were brought in dead to hospitals.The total number who died from the virus before reaching hospitals as of today is 6,441 people.Only Kelantan, Penang, Pahang, Selangor and Melaka saw fatalities being recorded. All recorded one death each.
The nation’s overall fatality rate remains at 1.1 per cent of the 2.84 million confirmed Covid-19 cases locally.Putrajaya recorded the smallest margin at two deaths per 10,000 people.Overall, the Klang Valley reported 1,792 new infections. Of these, 449 were in Kuala Lumpur alone. The second state with the most cases after Selangor is Johor at 754 followed by Kedah at 434 and 348 in Kelantan.
This is followed by Negri Sembilan at 316, Sabah at 267, Melaka at 261, Penang at 236, Perak at 191 and Pahang at 188.The total number of active cases currently stands at 51,397. From that figure, a total of 85.5 per cent or 43,938 people are currently quarantined at home, 4,392 or 8.5 per cent at the Covid-19 Quarantine and Low-Risk Treatment Centres.Of these, 119 are in intensive care units. And from these, 69 patients require ventilators.
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