Published on: Saturday, January 16, 2021
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PETALING JAYA: The health ministry has reported a new record of 4,029 Covid-19 cases and eight deaths in the past 24 hours.
This is the first time the number of infections has surpassed the 4,000 mark. The previous record high was 3,337 cases in a day.
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 2,148 recoveries, bringing the total number of those discharged to 117,375.
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In a statement, Noor Hisham said the total number of infections now stands at 155,095.
There are 37,126 active cases with 206 patients receiving intensive care, of which 79 require respiratory assistance.
Meanwhile, the eight deaths bring the toll to 594.
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PUTRAJAYA: A Covid-19 cluster linked to a supermarket in Selayang, Selangor has seen 84 infections since Jan 13.
The Jalan Selayang cluster is one of the seven new clusters detected by the Health Ministry on Thursday (Jan 14).
In a statement, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the supermarket involved is located at Jalan Selayang Baru.
He said 511 workers of the supermarket had undergone a targeted Covid-19 screening exercise, and 84 have tested positive so far.
Another cluster, named the Pasir Barat cluster, was detected from a project site in Pasir Gudang, Johor.
Dr Noor Hisham said a targeted screening exercise had been conducted at the site since Dec 21 in phases, and 781 individuals have been tested to date.
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