PETALING JAYA: Selangor continued to record high Covid-19 numbers, with 1,362 cases detected on Monday (Feb 1).
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the state was followed by Johor (1,068 cases) and Kuala Lumpur (702).
Of the cases in Selangor, he said 967 came from clusters and close contact screenings that were actively being done in the field. (In Selangor) 185 cases came from clusters, including 123 from the new clusters - Jalan Lagoon construction site, Puchong Industry, and Sungai Purun, he said in a statement on Monday (Feb 1).
He added that 782 other cases were from close contact screenings, three were imported cases, and 392 cases were from other Covid-19 screenings.
Published on: Monday, February 01, 2021
By: FMT
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PETALING JAYA: The health ministry has reported 4,214 Covid-19 cases and 10 deaths in the past 24 hours.
Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were 4,280 recoveries, bringing the total number of those discharged to 170,329.
In a statement, Noor Hisham said the total number of infections now stands at 219,173.
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There are 48,074 active cases with 316 patients being treated in intensive care and 137 requiring respiratory assistance.
Meanwhile, the 10 deaths take the death toll to 770.
The new cases today involved 4,205 local infections and nine imported cases.
Selangor recorded the highest number of cases today with 1,362, while Johor also reported four-digit infections (1,068).