Malaysia, with more than 22,000 Covid-19 deaths, has the highest cumulative fatalities per capita in Asean at about 671 deaths per million people as of Sept 15.
Daily Covid-19 fatalities in Sabah dropped 64% from an average 42 deaths on Sept 1 to an average 15 deaths on Sept 15, after MOH sent additional oxygen supply, among other medical resources.
Both the World Health Organization and Our World In Data use Malaysia’s reported daily new Covid-19 deaths, including backlogged data, thus showing a misleading picture of Malaysia’s mortality trend that has actually been declining.
Dr Sim Kui Hian says all of the fully vaccinated victims had comorbidities; most of the 27 total deaths, more than half of whom were fully vaccinated, reported in Sarawak from Sept 5-6 were aged 60 or older.
In the past two weeks, Perak reported 146 Covid-19 deaths and 22 brought-in-dead (BID) cases, compared to 77 total Covid-19 deaths and 6 BID cases in July.
Azmizam Zaman Huri says official records show only 266 Covid-19 deaths in Klang district from July 16-August 10 this year, but combined data from JAIS and NGOs indicate at least 448 burials alone of Muslims who died from coronavirus.
From Jan 1-Aug 10 this year, Gombak and Hulu Langat recorded 818.5 and 747.8 total Covid-19 deaths per million people, exceeding Selangor’s 611.2 and Malaysia’s 327.4 rates.
Malaysia’s total Covid-19 fatalities doubled in just over a month to 11,373 deaths on August 11, much higher than 10 countries -- except Myanmar (12,452 deaths) -- with faster doubling rates.