Covid 19 2 364 New Cases 10 Deaths

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COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 2,364 new cases of Covid-19 and 10 deaths.

There were also 3,320 patients discharged while the number of active cases dropped by 966.

Active cases: 27,028
Patients in ICU: 190Intubated: 99

Deaths




Six of today's deaths were in Kuala Lumpur including two who were brought dead to the hospital. The two were non-Malaysians and were both aged 45.

Selangor had two deaths while Johor and Sarawak had one fatality each.
The eldest victim today was 86 years old.

Clusters
There were eight new clusters identified today while 16 clusters were marked extinguished.
The total number of active clusters stands at 485.
Two clusters had more than triple-digit new cases, namely Tasek Avenue (209) and Jalan Sebelas (170).
The Tasek Avenue cases made up 68.5 percent of the new cases in Perak today.

Details on the new clusters are as follows:

Jalan Tampoi Besi cluster
District(s): Johor Bahru, Johor
Locality/Source: Jalan Tampoi 7, Kawasan Perindustrian Tampoi
Cluster category: Workplace (factory)
First case: Feb 23, targeted screening
Total infected: 40 out of 136 screened
Jalan Permas Sembilan cluster
District(s): Johor Bahru, Johor
Locality/Source: Jalan Permas 9/16, Bandar Baru Permas Jaya
Cluster category: Workplace (factory)
First case: Feb 3, index case pre-flight screening
Total infected: 20 out of 32 screened
Jalan Gemilang Satu cluster
District(s): Johor Bahru, Johor
Locality/Source: Jalan Gemilang 1, Taman Perindustrian Cemerlang, Ulu Tiram
Cluster category: Workplace (factory)
First case: Feb 27, targeted screening
Total infected: 15 out of 44 screened
Jalan Mega Teknologi cluster
District(s): Johor Bahru, Johor
Locality/Source: Jalan Mega 1/7, Taman Perindustrian Nusa Cemerlang, Nusajaya
Cluster category: Workplace (factory)
First case: Feb 27, targeted screening
Total infected: 14 out of 46 screened
Jalan Scientex Jaya cluster
District(s): Kulai, Johor
Locality/Source: Jalan Scientex Jaya 18, Taman Scientex, Senai
Cluster category: Workplace (factory)
First case: Feb 26, index case with symptoms
Total infected: 13 out of 119 screened
Jalan Tasek Avenue cluster
District(s): Kinta, Perak
Locality/Source: Jalan Tasek Avenue, Tasek Industrial Estate, Ipoh
Cluster category: Workplace (factory)
First case: Feb 26, targeted screening
Total infected: 211 out of 524 screened
Kampung Pulau Raja cluster
District(s): Kota Bharu, Kelantan
Locality/Source: Jalan Sultan Yahya Petra
Cluster category: Workplace (public administration office)
First case: Feb 15, index case with symptoms
Total infected: 60 out of 255 screened
Buloh cluster
District(s): Selangau, Sarawak
Locality/Source: Kampung Sungai Buloh, Selangau
Cluster category: Community
First case: Feb 22, index case with symptoms
Total infected: 28 out of 68 screened
Cases by state:

Selangor (862)
Existing clusters: 248
Close contacts: 456
Other screenings: 158
Johor (314)
Existing clusters: 92
New clusters: 86 (Jalan Mega Teknologi, Scientex Jaya, Jalan Permas Sembilan, Jalan Gemilang Satu, Jalan Tampoi Besi)
Close contacts: 53
Other screenings: 83
Perak (305)
Existing clusters: 78
New cluster: 209 (Tasek Avenue)
Close contacts: 4
Other screenings: 14
Sarawak (255)
Existing clusters: 47
New cluster: 27 (Buloh)
Close contacts: 57
Other screenings: 124
Sabah (157)
Existing clusters: 88
Close contacts: 47
Other screenings: 22
Penang (155)
Existing clusters: 32
Close contacts: 29
Other screenings: 94
Kuala Lumpur (117)
Existing clusters: 8
Close contacts: 59
Imported: 1
Other screenings: 49
Negeri Sembilan (74)
Existing clusters: 61
Close contacts: 3
Other screenings: 10
Kelantan (68)
Existing clusters: 22
Close contacts: 28
Other screenings: 18
Kedah (17)
Existing clusters: 5
Close contacts: 6
Other screenings: 6
Malacca (17)
Existing clusters: 6
Close contacts: 8
Other screenings: 3
Terengganu (11)
Existing clusters: 4
Close contacts: 6
Other screenings: 1
Pahang (8)
Existing clusters: 7
Other screenings: 1
Putrajaya (4)
Close contacts: 2
Other screenings: 2
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