Covid-19: 5,854 new cases, cumulative total now 2,466,663

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia recorded another 5,854 Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry reported on Saturday (Oct 30).

In a Twitter post, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said cumulatively, the country had recorded 2,466,663 Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began.

Earlier, the Health Ministry had said through its CovidNow portal that a total of 63 new Covid-19 fatalities were recorded on Friday (Oct 29), bringing the cumulative death toll to 28,832.

Of the number, eight deaths were classified as “brought-in-dead”.

The number of active cases currently stands at 70,058 cases, with 77.2% or 54,090 being patients with mild infections who are undergoing home quarantine.

Another 9,453 or 13.5% patients are those under isolation at low-risk quarantine centres (PKRC) while the number of those being hospitalised are 5,948 or 8.5%.

There are currently 267 patients in intensive care units (ICU) who do not require ventilator support, while another 300 are on ventilators.