Covid-19 (March 7): 1,683 new cases, Perlis sees highest spike yet
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Modified7 Mar 2021, 10:37 am
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Of the new cases, 1,136 were Malaysians while another 547 were non-citizens.
The country managed to keep the number of new daily Covid-19 infections to under 2,000 in five out of the last seven days.
However, Perlis saw the highest number of new infections today since the start of the third wave of the pandemic at 24 cases, the majority of which came from a detention centre.
While the new infections are relatively low compared to other states, Perlis is also the smallest and least populous state. It had only seen a single-digit or no new cases in the previous 44 days.
He said two clusters were linked to detention centres and one is a community-related cluster.
The eight new clusters are Kemuning Enam and Jalan Sungai in Selangor, Industri Inanam in Sabah, Jalan Industri Tiga Pontian, Tapak Bina Jalan Satu in Kuala Lumpur, Jalan Awang and Kiba in Sarawak, and Persiaran Wawasan Immigration depot in Perlis.
The total number of clusters now stand at 1,199, out of which 472 are active clusters.
The Kemuning Enam workplace cluster involves workers of a factory in Jalan Bukit Kemuning in Batu 6, Shah Alam. A total of 123 individuals were screened, and 44 tested positive.
The Jalan Awang cluster, which is a detention centre in Sibu, Sarawak, saw 42 out of the 43 individuals testing positive for Covid-19.