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KUALA LUMPURA total of 1,772 new positive cases of Covid-19 and three deaths in the last 24 hours were registered, bringing the death toll in the country to 422, said Health Director General Tan Sri Dr. Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said the latest development brought the total number of infections in the country to 86,618, of which 14,515 are active cases.
He said 1,084 recoveries were also recorded during the same period, bringing the total number of recoveries to 71,681 or 83.2% of the total number of cases.
“Of the new cases, 12 were imported cases that were infected abroad, while the remaining 1,760 cases were local transmissions,” he said today in a statement on Covid-19.
Kuala Lumpur registered the highest number of cases today, with 696 (39.3%), of which 567 cases (81.5%) were from the Damanlela construction works cluster involving the fifth and sixth generation of the infection.
Dr. Noor Hisham said that Selangor had the second highest number of cases with 503 (28.4%), followed by Sabah with 260 (14.7%).
He said that of the 696 cases reported in Kuala Lumpur, 629 were from existing clusters, 31 from close contact examinations, eight were imported cases from abroad and 28 were from other COVID-19 examinations.
“In Selangor, 62 cases were from existing clusters, 165 from close contact examinations, three were cases imported from abroad, and 273 from other Covid-19 examinations.
“In Sabah, 52 of the cases were from existing clusters, 137 from close contact exams and 71 from other Covid-19 exams,” he said.
Negeri Sembilan recorded 67 cases, of which 56 were from existing clusters, four from close contact exams, and seven from other Covid-19 exams.
He said Perak, meanwhile, recorded 110 cases, 105 of them from existing groups and the rest from close-contact examinations.
“Johor recorded 48 cases, of which 24 were from existing clusters, 19 from close contact examinations and five from other Covid-19 examinations.
“Penang had 34 cases, 21 from existing clusters, four from close contact screening tests, one case imported from abroad and eight from other Covid-19 tests,” he said.
Dr. Noor Hisham said Kedah had 20 cases (11 from existing clusters, seven from close contact examinations, two from other Covid-19 exams); Labuan had 11 cases (five from existing clusters, three from close contact exams, three from other Covid-19 exams); Pahang had eight cases (all from existing clusters); and Terengganu had seven cases (five from existing groups, two from close contact detection). – Called
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