14 Jan 2021 / 20:30 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded the highest number of new daily Covid-19 cases today at 3,337 cases, bringing the total number of positive cases in the country to 147,855.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said of the total number of new cases, seven were imported while the remaining 3,330 cases were local transmissions.
The previous highest number of daily cases was 3,309, which was recorded on Tuesday.
“The number of active cases with Covid-19 infectivity is 33,989.
“Fifteen new Covid-19 deaths involving nine men, aged between 53 and 81, as well as six women including two non-citizens, aged between 27 and 91, were recorded in Sabah, Selangor, Putrajaya, Negeri Sembilan and Johor,” he said in a statement today
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Three new Covid-19 clusters detected today
January 1, 2021
Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah
KUALA LUMPUR – The Ministry of Health (MOH) has detected three more new COVID-19 clusters in Penang, Johor, Pahang and Selangor today, and two of them are workplace clusters.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the two new workplace clusters were the Rawa Akasia Cluster involving the districts of Timur Laut, Barat Daya, Seberang Perai Tengah and Seberang Perai Selatan in Penang as well as the Jalan Perindustrian Cluster in Kulai, Johor.
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“The index case for the Rawa Akasia Cluster, which is case number 100,149, was reported positive on Dec 24 through symptomatic individual screening with a total of 322 individuals screened, and 117 cases were COVID-19 positive.
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Published on: Sunday, December 27, 2020
By: Bernama
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Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia recorded 2,355 new Covid-19 cases Saturday, the highest daily figure since the pandemic hit the country, taking the total number of cases so far to 103,900.
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the new development also took the number of active cases beyond the 20,000 mark for the first time with 20,035 cases, with two new deaths involving Malaysians recorded.
He said the Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur reported the highest number of new cases at 728, with 677 of them involving existing clusters and the result of close contract screenings.
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