News by syafiqah Salim

Detected in Sabah, Selangor, Negeri Sembilan, Perak and Johor, with 98 infections.

The national Covid-19 death toll is now 329

The clusters namely the Kapas BJ cluster in Hulu Langat, Selangor has 76 positive cases while the Prestij cluster involving Lembah Pantai and Titiwangsa in Kuala Lumpur has 20 cases.

Other than that, the Bah Bercham cluster in Kinta, Perak has five cases and the Kiambang cluster which spans Mersing, Kota Tinggi and Johor Bahru in Johor has nine cases.

Selangor sees spike to record 407 cases

Other staff who had close contact with the employee are being self-quarantined at an assigned place.

The eight new clusters have a total of 160 infections.

Sabah contributed more than half the new cases, with 387 infections, while Klang Valley reported 173 cases.

Two of these clusters are found in Sabah, namely the Avenue cluster in Penampang with 110 positive cases, and the Kejora cluster in Kota Kinabalu with nine cases. The three remaining clusters are: the Kasah cluster involving Kepoh in Kuala Lumpur with 19 cases, the Summer cluster in Timur Laut Penang with 11 cases, and the Mengketil cluster — which spans Kota Bharu, Machang and Tanah Merah in Kelantan, as well as Besut in Terengganu — with 24 cases.

Klang Valley: Selangor with 271 cases, Kuala Lumpur with 245 cases and two cases in Putrajaya

“CMCO takes a bit longer of time [in controlling the spike of Covid-19 cases] compared to MCO, because there is still movement and that is an issue, so we hope we can reduce the movement of people,” said Dr Noor Hisham.