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COVID-19 | The Ministry of Health reported 1,109 new cases of Covid-19 at noon today and two deaths.
New cases were reported in all states except Perlis, Terengganu, Malacca, and Sarawak.
Sabah reported the highest number of new cases (39.8 percent) followed by the Klang Valley region (30.7 percent) and Negeri Sembilan (15.1 percent).
Kuala Lumpur and Negeri Sembilan saw the appearance of large new clusters at a construction site and a factory, respectively.
Main indicators:
- Active cases: 11,348 ↓ (41 less than the previous day)
- Intensive care patients: 113 ↑ (3 more than the previous day)
- Intubated patients: 41 ↓ (4 less than the previous day)
Two deaths were reported in Sabah. The cumulative death toll from Covid-19 in the state had reached 202, or 57.7 percent of the national total (350).
The details of the two deceased are as follows:
Patient 60,141 – 47-year-old foreign male who died at Semporna Hospital.
Patient 60,647 – 64-year-old foreign male who died in Labuan Hospital.
Of the 1,109 new cases, ten were imported. A breakdown of the locally transmitted cases is as follows:
Sabah (441)
Existing clusters: 54
New cluster: 43
Close contact: 249
Other screenings: 95
Selangor (175)
Existing clusters: 99
Close contact: 47
Imported: 1
Other screenings: 28
Negeri Sembilan (167)
Existing clusters: 46
New Group (Jalan Haruan): 116
Close contact: 1
Other screenings: 4
Kuala Lumpur (154)
Existing clusters: 15
New cluster: 118
Close contact: 3
Imported: 9
Other screenings: 9
Penang (64)
Existing clusters: 32
New cluster (Beringin): 18
Close contact: 7
Other screenings: 7
Silver (42)
Existing clusters: 38
Other screenings: 4
Johor (33)
Existing clusters: 28
Other screenings: 5
Kedah (25)
Existing clusters: 24
Other projections: 1
Kelantan (5)
Existing clusters: 2
Close contact: 3
Pahang (3)
Close contact: 2
Other projections: 1
At a press conference today, Health Director-General Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah said that four new groups have been classified. The total number of active conglomerates is currently 176, of which 47 saw new cases.
Tapak Bina Puteh Lama is the new cluster with the most cases (139). It was a construction site in the Lembah Pantai district of Kuala Lumpur.
Jalan Haruan’s group had 118 cases, mostly foreigners working in a factory. The Health Ministry said that this group involved the Seremban district. From the name, I would suggest that this factory is located at Seremban 2.
Jalan Tuaran’s group had 43 cases. This group involved the Kota Kinabalu, Penampang and Tuaran districts in Sabah. The new cases were detected during screening at an unspecified workplace.
Beringin’s group had 37 cases. This group involved two factories in Penang. The affected districts are the Northeast, Southwest, Seberang Perai Selatan and Seberang Perai Tengah.
The index case was diagnosed with Covid-19 on November 19 after complaining of symptoms.
The ministry did not provide figures on the capacity of the country and Sabah to conduct RT-PCR tests and the number of tests carried out yesterday, possibly due to an oversight.
The test figures for the last four weeks are mostly stable, with a number of tests carried out amounting to approximately half the national capacity and a slight overcapacity in Sabah.
