KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 5 — Malaysia announced 432 new Covid-19 cases today, a new record daily high for the country as minister Datuk Zulkifli Mohamad tested positive earlier and most of the Cabinet are placed on house quarantine.
Out of those cases, 429 were local cases and just three were import cases.
In a statement, Health Director-General Tan Sri Datuk Noor Hisham said the local cases involved 409 Malaysians and 20 foreigners, while the remaining imported cases involved three foreigners from India, Kuwait and Myanmar respectively.
Kedah charted the highest number of new cases today with 231 infections, while Sabah recorded 130 new cases.
Other states recording new cases were Selangor (34), Kuala Lumpur (seven), Terengganu (five), Labuan (five), Perak (two), Putrajaya (two), Johor (two) and one case each in Sarawak, Pahang, Melaka, Negri Sembilan and Kelantan.
The cumulative total of cases in our country as of today is 12,340, but with 80.7 per cent or 10,340 having recovered or discharged.
Of the 2,336 active cases now, 32 are being treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), with eight if them needing to be intubated.
Breakdown of the 432 cases today
Kedah’s new cases case from Tembok Cluster that involved 215 locals and nine foreigners, 11 new cases from new Bah Sintok Cluster (all locals), three new cases also from new Jeram Cluster (all locals), one case each from Bah Ketil and Sungai clusters, and one who was detected through screening.
For Sabah, 57 cases were discovered from close contact screening (54 locals and three foreigners), 39 from the Bangau-Bangau Cluster (38 locals, one foreigner), 16 from close contact (11 locals and 5 foreigners), three cases from Benteng LD Cluster (all locals), three from work place screenings (all locals), two Severe Acute Respiratory Illness (SARI) involving locals, two from community screenings and one from a local influenza-like illness.
In Selangor, 33 out of 34 of the cases involved locals, with 17 discovered when they were screened after returning from Sabah, nine from the Jalan Meru Cluster, three from the Seri Anggerik Cluster, one case from Benteng PK Cluster, one from SARI, one through Covid-19 symptoms, one from close contact with a positive case and the last foreigner who was discovered as he was signing off the ship he was on.
In Terengganu, five new cases were recorded, with three coming from the new Bah Tanjung Cluster (all locals) and two other locals who were in close contact with a positive case.
Kuala Lumpur recorded five new local cases, with two from Seri Setia Cluster, two from screens done after returning from Sabah and one from Jalan Meru Cluster.
Labuan recorded four new local cases, all from screens done to returnees from Sabah.
In Johor, two new local cases were detected from a screening done to a returnee from Sabah and one SARI case.
In Perak, two new local cases were also recorded, one from a Sabah returnee and one from being admitted into Raja Permaisuri Bainun Hospital in Ipoh.
The remaining six cases were from Putrajaya (2), Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Melaka and Kelantan, all of whom were locals who were screened after returning from Sabah.
