Selangor reported 1,678 brought-in-dead (BID) cases as of Sept 21, comprising foreign citizens and ethnic minorities (40.8%), Malays (34.9%), ethnic Chinese (13.8%), and ethnic Indians (10.5%).
Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali says two 17-year-olds who died in Ipoh did not receive the Covid-19 vaccine, while investigations find no deaths involving teens and vaccination in Lahad Datu.
Of 24,565 Covid-19 deaths reported in Malaysia as of Sept 22, only 7.5% were fully vaccinated, while 23% were partially vaccinated, says Khairy Jamaluddin.
Covid-19 cases undetected by district health offices who were later brought in dead were also unable to get ambulance services, while BIDs among identified patients were attributed to delays in case verification, among other factors.
Selangor’s 7.3% share of double-jabbed people in 5,725 Covid-19 deaths from June 1-Sept 1 is seven times higher than 1.2% in England and less than 1% in the United States.
Home Minister Hamzah Zainudin says Malaysia has reported 11 Covid-19 deaths in immigration detention and six among foreign prisoners since the pandemic began.
The Statistics Department projected 83,153 non-Covid deaths from January to June this year, while the Ministry of Health reported 31,086 non-Covid fatalities in its facilities from January to August.