On 11 September, Malaysia's COVID-19 death count leaped to 592 deaths, with 215 of them from Klang. The Ministry of Health had clarified that the data included past deaths that were in backlog and hence the sudden surge in numbers. 

Klang city councellor Mr. Lee Fu Haw was skeptical regarding the daily numbers provided by the government. "How can we believe the daily numbers to reflect the current situation of the pandemic if it is constantly backlogged?" 

He also stated that the Ministry of Health should clarify how long has these deaths been backlogged to provide a clearer view of the current COVID-19 situation in Klang. From 30-50 deaths per day, to 215 deaths in one day, the sudden leap of deaths would surely cause panic among the people, and hence more closure should be provided. 

Mr. Lee also stated that due to the complicated process of dealing with a person's death, it normally takes 3-5 days to properly report the death of a person. Hence the numbers that the public sees are actually the death count from 3-4 days ago. 

The backlog in COVID-19 death reports, including in highly vaccinated areas is linked to human resources constraints in reporting real-time data when the country's healthcare system was overwhelmed with increased hospitalisation rates.

On Saturday (11 September 2021), 592 new deaths were reported to the health ministry, but Health Ministry Disease Control division senior principal assistant director-general Dr Maheshwara Rao Appannan said only 100 cases were "actual deaths", while the remaining were backlogged data.

Reference Links - 
[1] China Press
[2] New Straits Times