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COVID-19 | As of noon today, a record-setting 432 new Covid-19 cases were reported, while the number of patients in intensive care units (ICUs) continues to rise.
Most of the new cases arose from Kedah (241), followed by Sabah (130).
All states and territories registered new cases, except Perlis and Penang, the highest being Selangor (34), followed by Kuala Lumpur (7) and Terengganu (5).
All but three new cases reported today involved local broadcasts. Meanwhile, 23 new cases involved foreigners, including three import cases.
The number of active cases currently stood at 2,336.
Meanwhile, the number of patients requiring intensive care has risen to 38, up from eight last Monday.
No new deaths attributed to Covid-19 were reported today.
Three new clusters
In Kedah, there were 241 new cases, of which 224 date back to the Tembok group, which refers to a prison.
There were two new clusters in Kedah, Bah Sintok (11 cases) and Jeram (3), which were reported today.
The index case for Bah Sintok’s group was a 23-year-old Malaysian man who returned to Kubang Pasu from Sabah on September 20 and developed symptoms two days later.
All of the new Bah Sintok cases reported today were the result of the selection of close contacts from the index case.
The Jeram group also involved an index case of Kubang Pasu. The index case is a 31-year-old Malaysian woman who reported symptoms on September 25 and was protected four days later.
Three close contacts who tested positive are all healthcare workers.
In Sabah, 57 new cases were detected from screening of people with Covid-19 symptoms, while the Bangau-Bangau group contributed another 39 cases.
Another 16 cases were detected among close contacts. Six cases were detected among health workers.
In Selangor, 17 new cases were detected among people with a history of travel to Sabah.
Altogether, the Health Ministry has detected 235 cases involving people with a recent travel history (as of September 20) to Sabah.
The Jalan Meru and Seri Anggerik groups registered nine and three new cases respectively in Selangor.
However, both groups have spread to Kuala Lumpur, registering two new cases each.
Most active clusters
In Terengganu, there is a new cluster known as Bah Tanjung with three new cases. Two other cases in the state were close contacts with patient 12,082.
The index case for Bah Tanjung’s group is a 46-year-old Malaysian man who returned from Semporna, Sabah on September 27 and reported symptoms the next day.
There are currently 13 active clusters in the country. The group with the most active cases is the Tembok group (Kedah, 652 cases), followed by the Bangau-bangau group (Sabah, 376) and the LD group of Benteng (Sabah, 231).
It should be noted that the LD groups from Tembok and Benteng involved prisons, thus they are isolated from the public.
The largest group in Selangor is the Jalan Meru group (48). However, this group has spread across Peninsular Malaysia, reaching 11 districts.
Klang district has the highest number of active cases (57) in Selangor, followed by Petaling district (48) and Hulu Langat (38).
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