Saturday, 17 Apr 2021 06:31 PM MYT
BY JERRY CHOONG
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah arrives for his daily press conference on Covid-19 in Putrajaya February 9, 2021. Picture by Hari Anggara
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KUALA LUMPUR, April 17 Eight new Covid-19 clusters were detected by the Health Ministry today, three of which are located in schools or education institutions.
Its director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said of the eight clusters, one is located in Selangor, Pahang, and Johor respectively, while two are located in Sabah and three in Sarawak.
Sarawak recorded the second-highest total with 512 cases.
In Selangor, 623 cases were linked to clusters or were identified from close contact tracings of active Covid-19 patients.
Eight new Covid-19 clusters were also reported, bringing the total number of active clusters to 347.
Four of the new clusters were from workplaces, three from schools and education institutions, and one was a community cluster.
The Jalan Ding Lik Kwong cluster (16 cases) in Sibu Sarawak, the Jalan Damai Tawau (14 cases) and Bukit Quoin (11 cases) clusters in Tawau, Sabah, and the Jalan Wawasan Lima cluster (10 cases) in Batu Pahat, Johor were linked to workplaces.
Sarawak s Ulu Balingian cluster (101 cases) in Selangau, and Jalan Disa cluster (20 cases) in Sibu were linked to schools or education institutions.