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COVID-19 | The Ministry of Health reported 1,208 new Covid-19 infections today, the third consecutive day in which the new daily cases are more than 1,000.
Most of the new cases today were contributed by Kuala Lumpur, which registered 475 new cases, surpassing Sabah, which registered 381 new cases.
The Director General of the Ministry of Health, Dr. Noor Hisahm Abdullah, explained in a statement that most of the new cases in Kuala Lumpur occurred in dormitories of foreign workers.
He said a total of 460 cases in Kuala Lumpur came from the Damanlela group of construction sites.
For the seventh consecutive day, the number of new daily cases of Covid-19 in the Peninsular has exceeded those in East Malaysia.
Previously, East Malaysia made up the bulk of new cases, as Sabah was the epicenter of the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic in the country.
However, Sabah has seen significant improvement, while the infection rate in Selangor and Negeri Sembilan remains stubborn.
There were also 1,013 recoveries.
The main indicators, today, summarized:
Active cases = 12,323 ↑ (192 more than the previous day)
Patients in intensive care = 104 ↑ (1 more than the previous day)
Intubated patients = 42↓ (1 less than the day before)
Deaths = 3 ↑ (1 more than the previous day)
Of the 1,208 new boxes today, only six were imported.
The six imported cases involved non-citizens from India (3), Bangladesh (1), Nepal (1) and Indonesia (1).
The breakdown of new cases by state is as follows:
Kuala Lumpur (475)
Existing clusters: 462
Close Contacts: 2
Other screenings: 5
Imported: 6
Sabah (381)
Existing clusters: 53
New clusters: 14 (Plaza cluster and Jalan Kalabakan cluster)
Close contacts: 191
Other screenings: 123
Selangor (185)
Existing clusters: 132
close contacts: 24
Other screenings: 29
Negeri Sembilan (48 years)
Existing clusters: 39
Close Contacts: 7
Severe Acute Respiratory Infection Screening (Sari): 1
Other projections: 1
Penang (42)
Existing clusters: 37
Close Contacts: 3
Saree test: 1
Other projections: 1
Labuan (30)
Existing clusters: 19
Close Contacts: 9
Saree test: 1
Other projections: 1
Silver (21)
Existing clusters: 8
Close Contacts: 6
Other screenings: 7
Johor (9)
New clusters: 3 (Jeri cluster)
Saree test: 1
Other screenings: 5
Kedah (8)
Existing clusters: 8
Sarawak (4)
Existing clusters: 3
Other projections: 1
Malacca (2)
Existing clusters: 1
Close Contacts: 1
Kelantan (1)
Close Contacts: 1
Putrajaya (1)
Other projections: 1
Perlis (1)
Existing clusters: 1
Pahang and Terengganu did not register any new cases today.
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