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PUTRAJAYA: A new group of Covid-19 has been identified in Kota Belud, Sabah, says Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said the index case of Kertang’s group is a close contact who tested positive on October 14 and has been admitted to the quarantine and treatment center at PPR Taman Seri Bayu in Kota Belud.
“From close contact evaluations, another 19 positive cases have been identified.
“As of noon on Tuesday (October 20), a total of 216 people had been tested, 21 tested positive and the rest negative,” he said.
So far, he said there are 86 active groups in the country.
The group with the largest increase on Tuesday is the Kepayan prison group in Sabah, which has 213 new cases, bringing the total to 415.
The Tembok group, which focuses on the Alor Setar prison in Kedah, has four new cases.
It is currently the largest active cluster with 1,576 accumulated cases.
Dr. Noor Hisham also announced that two groups had been declared closed, after not registering new cases for 28 days in a row.
The closed groups are the Setapak group in Kuala Lumpur, which had three cases and the Selamat group in Sabah, which registered 25 cases.
Both did not register deaths.
Sabah accounts for the majority of new cases with 673 new infections reported, followed by 132 cases in Selangor, Kedah (17), Perak (9), Penang (8), Kuala Lumpur (7), six each in Negri Sembilan and Labuan. and one case respectively in Johor, Kelantan and Putrajaya.
Dr Noor Hisham also said that Selangor has seen an increase in positive cases in the third wave of the Covid-19 pandemic.
With the addition of 132 new cases on Tuesday, he said that brings the total positive cases in Selangor to 3,489 cases.
Selangor had registered 107 cases on Monday (October 19) and 77 on Sunday (October 18).
“For this third wave, Selangor has seen an increase in cases since September following the return of visitors to Sabah.
“The first group reported in Selangor in the third wave is the Jalan Apas group on September 28, which involved a family who returned from Sabah.
“Since October 2, there is an increase in cases of local transmission in Selangor and it has been constant until now,” he said.
Since the first group was registered, Dr. Noor Hisham said that a total of 26 active groups have been identified, including the latest Hentian group.
“Eighteen (69.2%) of the active groups involved local broadcasts, while eight (30.8%) groups were returnees from Sabah.
“Nine (34.6%) clusters involve cases that are closely related to transmission in the workplace, while one cluster (3.8%) involves public places of shopping,” he added.
Dr. Noor Hisham also said that the high density of residents and the high frequency of trips involving residents and visitors in the state contributes to the situation in Selangor.
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