How different are the old and new Covid-19 death numbers?

A once-reliable indicator breaks under the strain of the Klang Valley outbreak.

Since the beginning of the pandemic, Malaysia has reported Covid-19 deaths solely based on the number of deaths confirmed on a particular day, even if the deaths may have occurred days earlier.

In the wee hours of Sept 11, however, the Health Ministry began reporting a new metric – Covid-19 deaths reported according to the actual date of death. This is in addition to the earlier practice of reporting Covid-19 deaths according to the reporting date. According to ministry officials at a media briefing on Sunday, the seven-day average number of deaths according to the date of death of the deceased - as opposed to the date when the death is reported - gives

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