Covid-19 (Feb 21): New cases inch above 3,000 again, big spike in Perak
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COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 3,297 new Covid-19 cases, breaching the 3,000-mark for the first time in eight days.
The uptick was fuelled by a significant spike in
Perak which recorded 1,215 new cases.
This was the first time Perak recorded four-digit new cases in a day during the third wave of the pandemic. The previous record was 245 new cases on Jan 21.
Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a statement, said the spike was due to the Jalan Changkat Jong cluster which comprised 86.1 percent of the new cases in Perak today.
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PETALING JAYA: A total number of 3,211 new Covid-19 cases were recorded by the Health Ministry today, bringing the total number of active cases to 35,253.
The national tally now stands at 151,066.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the majority of today’s cases stemmed from local transmissions (3,206 cases) while five were imported.
Selangor had the most number of cases today with 889 where 127 individuals were detected in the new Jalan Telok Gong and Lintaran Lintang clusters with an imported case while Johor recorded 535 cases with 80 from the new Persiaran Selatan, Jalan Kluang and Kampung Perani cluster.
Sabah recorded a total of 514 cases with 48 individuals hailing from the new Ladang Baturong and Ladang Matamba cluster while Kuala Lumpur recorded a total of 401 cases today with 130 cases from the new Tapak Bina Damai cluster.