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KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia reported 1,208 new coronavirus cases on Sunday (Nov 15), bringing the total to 47,417 infections.
The Health Ministry also reported three new deaths, all in Sabah, putting the death toll in the country at 309.
The Klang Valley accounted for more than half of the new cases, reporting 661 in total.
Of these, 475 of the new cases were registered in Kuala Lumpur, surpassing the 381 reported in Sabah.
“Kuala Lumpur reported six imported cases, all foreigners arriving from Indonesia, Bangladesh and Nepal (one case each) and India with three cases,” said Director General of Health Noor Hisham Abdullah.
The other cases are in Selangor (185), Negeri Sembilan (48), Penang (42), Labuan (30), Perak (21), Johor (9), Kedah (8), Sarawak (4), Melaka (2) , Perlis (1), Kelantan (1), Putrajaya (1).
There are 12,323 active cases and currently 104 cases are being treated in the intensive care unit, 42 of them intubated.
THREE NEW COVID-19 CLUSTERS
Two new clusters of COVID-19 were identified in Sabah and another in Johor, Dr. Noor Hisham said.
The Plaza group in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah involved an index case identified through a symptomatic individual examination on November 11.
The case was admitted to the Institut Kemahiran MARA’s Low Risk COVID-19 Treatment and Quarantine Center in Kota Kinabalu.
Eleven more cases were detected by close contact detection.
“As of noon today, 19 people have been tested and 12 of them tested positive for COVID-19, including 11 new cases,” Dr. Noor Hisham said in a statement Sunday.
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Jalan Kalabakan Cluster in Tawau involved a case identified through symptomatic individual examination on October 31, who was admitted to Tawau Hospital.
Dr. Noor Hisham added that close contact screening found 21 more positive COVID-19 cases.
As of noon Sunday, 22 people were tested and all tested positive, including three new cases, he said.
The Jeri conglomerate of Johor was identified in Kota Tinggi, Mersing and Muar districts with an index case that tested positive through an international entry point screening test upon arrival from Singapore on November 6.
The close contact examination in Malaysia found 26 positive cases, all of which were admitted to Enche ‘Besar Hajjah Khalsom Hospital in Kluang, said Dr. Noor Hisham.
He added that of the 1,170 people who were tested at noon Sunday, 26 tested positive for COVID-19. This includes three new cases, while 609 are still awaiting results.
There were also 1,013 recoveries overnight, bringing the total recovery count to 34,785.
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