KUALA LUMPUR, Aug 10 ― As Muslims mark the Islamic new year today, Malaysia recorded 19,991 new Covid-19 cases.
This is a slight increase in numbers after a continuous decline in daily cases over the past three days.
In a Twitter post, Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Selangor still tops the list with 7,338 cases, followed by Kuala Lumpur (2,374), Kedah (1,830), Sabah (1,383), Johor (1,344), Kelantan (1,030) and Perak (953), to name a few.
Two other states recorded a two-digit increase, namely Putrajaya (76) and Perlis (24), while Labuan only recorded one new case.
Today’s figure broke the previous trend in decline seen from August 7 to August 9. This also brings Malaysia’s cumulative Covid-19 cases to 1,299,767.
It is also the third time Malaysia’s Covid-19 cases have breached the 19,000 cases-mark since the pandemic began.
As of today, there were 230,762 active Covid-19 cases nationwide as well after 16,258 patients achieved full recoveries in the last 24 hours.
In a statement later, Dr Noor Hisham also disclosed that asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic cases made up the majority of infections recorded, at 98.1 per cent or 19,606 cases.
Out of the 19,606 recorded, 9,930 were from Category 1 (asymptomatic) and 9,676 were from Category 2 (mild symptoms).
The remaining Category 3 (Covid-19 patients with pneumonia), Category 4 (those with pneumonia and in need of oxygen assistance) and Category 5 (patients in critical condition and needing breathing assistance) made up a total of 385 cases.
A total of 29 new clusters were also reported, 17 of which were detected in workplaces, eight community clusters, three clusters among high-risk communities and one religious cluster.
Both Selangor and Kelantan recorded the highest number of new clusters at six each followed by Johor, Kuala Lumpur and Sarawak at three each respectively.
The remaining clusters were in Pahang at three and one in Sabah and Melaka.
The two largest clusters reported today are the Tapak Bina Bukit OUG cluster in Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur and the Industri Jalan Kemajuan Bangi cluster in Bandar Baru Bangi, Hulu Langat.
A total of 113 positive cases have been detected from the Persiaran Mahkota cluster involving staff at the construction site from 389 people tested, while the Tembok Bukit Mertajam cluster has 129 positive cases to date from 145 people screened to date.
Notably, the Jalan Datuk Haji Eusoff cluster involving a volunteer-staffed healthcare facility in Titiwangsa, Kuala Lumpur was triggered by an 18-year-old local woman who was reported positive on August 6 following a close contact screening. So far six people have tested positive out of 106 screened.
In addition, two high-risk communities clusters located in Hulu Langat, Selangor ― Sungai Sekamat and Jalan Maju Dua ― saw a total of 58 and 26 people testing positive respectively.
All of those screened were staff and residents of a nursing home.
