PETALING JAYA: Malaysia recorded another 4,626 Covid-19 cases, the Health Ministry said on Monday (Nov 1).

       In a Twitter post, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said cumulatively, the country had recorded 2,476,268 Covid-19 cases since the pandemic began.

       Earlier, the Health Ministry had said through its CovidNow portal that 36 new Covid-19 fatalities were recorded on Sunday (Oct 31), bringing the cumulative death toll to 28,912.

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

       It added that as of Sunday, the number of active cases currently stands at 67,969, with 77.6% or 52,720 being patients with mild infections who are undergoing home quarantine.

       Another 8,735 or 12.9% patients are those under isolation at low-risk quarantine centres (PKRC) while the number of those being hospitalised are 5,952 or 8.8%.

       There are currently 236 patients in intensive care units (ICU) who do not require ventilator support, while another 326 are on ventilators.