Covid-19 (March 6): 1,680 new cases, 7 deaths

 

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 1,680 new cases of Covid-19, and 7 deaths.

The Klang Valley continued to report more than 900 cases for a second day, but overall the number of cases nationwide is continuing a downtrend.

There are 875 less active cases today.

• Active cases: 21,159
• Patients in ICUs: 172
• Intubated: 84

Deaths

There were three deaths each in Selangor and Sarawak today, and one death in Sabah.

Four of the deceased were aged between 40 and 60 years old.

All the deceased were locals.

Clusters

There were 4 new clusters today, while 14 clusters came to a close.

No clusters reported triple digit cases today.

Details of the new clusters are:

Lagoon Selatan cluster
District(s): Petaling, Selangor
Locality/Source: Jalan Lagoon Selatan, Bandar Sunway
Cluster category: Workplace (cleaning company)
First case: Feb 27, targeted screening
Total infected: 12 out of 34 screened

Jalan Firma Dua cluster
District(s): Johor Bahru, Johor
Locality/Source: Jalan Firma 2/1, Kawasan Perindustrian Tebrau 1
Cluster category: Workplace (factory)
First case: March 4, index case with symptoms
Total infected: 28 out of 139 screened

Jalan Haji Malek cluster
District(s): Jasin, Malacca
Locality/Source: Jalan Haji Malek, Taman Kelubi
Cluster category: Workplace (supermarket)
First case: Feb 21, index case with symptoms
Total infected: 11 out of 23 screened

Bukit Tunggal cluster
District(s): Julau, Sarawak
Locality/Source: Bukit Tunggal
Cluster category: Community
First case: Feb 28, index case with symptoms
Total infected: 29 out of 139 screened

Cases by state

Selangor (826)
Existing clusters: 235
New cluster: 3 (Lagoon Selatan)
Close contacts: 499
Other screenings: 89

Sarawak (221)
Existing clusters: 44
New cluster: 10 (Bukit Tunggal)
Close contacts: 122
Other screenings: 45

Johor (139)
Existing clusters: 48
New cluster: 27 (Jalan Firma Dua)
Close contacts: 38
Other screenings: 26

Negeri Sembilan (89)
Existing clusters: 58
Close contacts: 23
Other screenings: 8

Penang(84)
Existing clusters: 17
Close contacts: 30
Other screenings: 37

Kuala Lumpur (81)
Existing clusters: 16
Close contacts: 36
Imported: 3
Other screenings: 26

Sabah (74)
Existing clusters: 10
Close contacts: 53
Other screenings: 11

Perak (68)
Existing clusters: 58
Close contacts: 1
Other screenings: 9

Kelantan (35)
Existing clusters: 14
Close contacts: 17
Other screenings: 4

Terengganu (22)
Existing cluster: 5
Close contacts: 17

Pahang (17)
Existing clusters: 10
Close contacts: 3
Other screenings: 4

Kedah (11)
Existing clusters: 4
Close contacts: 3
Other screenings: 4

Malacca (10)
Existing clusters: 1
New cluster: 1
Close contacts: 8

Putrajaya (2)
Close contacts: 1
Other screenings: 1

Labuan (1)
Other screenings: 1

Perlis (0)

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