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PETALING JAYA: Johor recorded the highest number of Covid-19 cases since the start of the pandemic with 607 cases or 32.5% of the new 1,870 cases recorded on Wednesday (December 30).
According to the Ministry of Health, the new 1,870 cases meant that the total number of cases in Malaysia now stands at 110,485.
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Of the 607 cases in Johor, 578 or 95.2% of them came from active groups and the detection of Covid-19 in the state.
The Health Ministry said the increase in cases in Johor was mainly due to the group of prisons called the Tembok Choh group, which reported 374 cases.
There were also six new deaths on Wednesday, bringing the death toll to 463.
The Health Ministry also reported that Selangor registered 472 new cases, while Sabah had 280 cases as of Wednesday.
Currently there are 131 cases that are being treated in the intensive care unit (ICU), where 62 of them need respiratory aids.
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At the same time, the Health Ministry said there were 745 cases that recovered from Covid-19, bringing the total number of recoveries to 87,460 cases, or 79.2% of the total cases.
Meanwhile, 402 or 21.5% of new cases came from clusters in dungeons, immigrant detention warehouses, and prisons, consisting of 374 cases in the Tembok Choh cluster, eight cases in the Penjara Jalan Harapan cluster, Pagar cluster Bentong (six), Tembok Mempaga (four), Tembok (four), Pagar Siput (three), Tembok Gajah (two) and Hala Mutiara (one).
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