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Published on: Monday, March 01, 2021
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PETALING JAYA: The health ministry has detected seven new Covid-19 clusters in the past 24 hours, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said today.
In a statement, Noor Hisham said five were related to the workplace, and one each linked to the community and high-risk group.
Three clusters were detected in Johor, two in Selangor and one each in Kuala Lumpur and Kelantan.
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Clusters that recorded the highest spike in cases today are the Jalan Kempas Tiga (334), Industri Sungai Gadut (128) and Tembok Tapah (80).
The seven new clusters are:
Selangor
- Desa Empat – a workplace cluster in Kuala Selangor. The first few cases tested positive on Feb 24 after a targeted screening of employees at a supermarket in Desa Coalfields, Sungai Buloh. A total of 28 people have been screened with 18 found positive.