KUALA LUMPUR: The number of average daily Covid-19 deaths in a week in the country is continuing its downward trend.
According to the Health Ministry 's CovidNow portal, the country 's seven-day average of daily actual deaths was 104 as of 11.59pm on Monday, compared with 131 the day before.
The seven-day average of actual deaths in the country hit a peak of 301 on Aug 7.
On Monday, 413 deaths due to Covid-19 were reported. However, only four deaths were confirmed on that day, the remainder being those who had died several days ago but had only just been confirmed to have succumbed to Covid-19.
The country's Covid-19 death toll is now 21,124.
The country also registered an increase in brought-in-dead (BID) with 176 of the cases registered on Monday compared with 106 BID cases the day before.
The country's Intensive Care Unit (ICU) utilisation also slightly rose from 83.9 per cent on Sunday to 84.8 per cent on Monday.
Kedah and Kelantan continued to record an alarming ICU utilisation percentage, which saw both states busting their respective capacities, at 123.1 per cent and 103.3 per cent.
The ICU utilisation percentage in Penang, which stood at 101.8 per cent on Sunday, dropped to 94.9 per cent on Monday.
Apart from Penang, other states that registered significant downward trends in ICU utilisation rates are Johor (83.9 per cent from 91.9 per cent) and Perak (88.8 per cent from 93.9 per cent).
Other states and federal territories which have an ICU utilisation of 90 per cent and above are Selangor at 90.3 per cent and Putrajaya at 95 per cent. Labuan and Negri Sembilan continue to register ICU utilisation of below 50 per cent, with 17.4 per cent and 46.4 per cent respectively.
To date, 687 patients admitted to the ICU at healthcare facilities across the country are being ventilated.
As for the distribution of active Covid-19 cases, 82.7 per cent or 188,561 of the total 228,124 active cases were observing home quarantine.
More than 11 per cent of the active cases, or 25,352 patients were being treated and monitored at Covid-19 quarantine centres, while 5.7 per cent (of the total active cases), or 12,910 patients, were being treated in hospitals.