Covid-19 (Aug 12) : 21,668 new cases and 318 deaths, Kedah, Sabah exceed 2k cases

 

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 21,668 new cases of Covid-19 as of noon today, a new record high.

Besides the Klang Valley, five other states reported four-digit cases with Sabah and Kedah reporting more than 2,000 cases each. 

Johor and Sarawak also reported record highs.

• Active cases: 237,021
• Patients in ICUs: 1,059
• Intubated: 543

Most cases (11,571 cases; 53.4 percent) were detected through contact tracing, while 1,881 cases (8.7 percent) were linked to Covid-19 clusters.

Another 8,158 cases (37.6 percent) were detected through other types of screening, while 58 cases (0.3 percent) were imported from abroad.

Deaths

There were 318 fatalities today, which is the second-highest on record.

This roughly equates to one death every four-and-half minutes, of which 79 cases have no history of chronic illness.

This brings the total death toll to 11,691.

The deaths today were reported in Selangor (118), Johor (52), Kuala Lumpur (45), Sabah (28), Kedah (19), Penang (10), Malacca (10), Perak (9), Pahang (8), Negeri Sembilan (7), Terengganu (4), Kelantan (4), and Sarawak (4).

Ninety-three of the deceased had died before they could be brought to a hospital.

New cases by state

Selangor (6,278)
Kuala Lumpur (2,436)
Kedah (2,143)
Sabah (2,052)
Johor (1,706)
Penang (1,229)
Sarawak (1,216)
Kelantan (972)
Perak (930)
Negeri Sembilan (899)
Pahang (629)
Terengganu (594)
Malacca (494)
Putrajaya (56)
Perlis (23)
Labuan (11)

Clusters

A total of 1,281 out of 4,079 clusters are still active. This includes the 45 new clusters reported today.

Thirty of the new clusters are classified as workplace clusters, and 11 are community clusters. Two involve high-risk groups, and another two involve institutions of higher learning.

Details of the new clusters are as follow:

Industri Parit Abdul Rahman
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Pontian
Total infected: 36 out of 327 screened

Industri Senai PLO 84
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kulai
Total infected: 35 out of 84 screened

Persiaran SILC
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 22 out of 66 screened

Jalan Sutera Sentosa Satu
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 10 out of 33 screened

Ladang Sindora
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kluang
Total infected: 10 out of 129 screened

Jalan Tampoi Gembira
Category: Tempat kerja
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru
Total infected: 10 out of 265 screened

Simpang Empat Pauh
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Total infected: 13 out of 22 screened

Jalan Sri Cemerlang
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu and Machang
Total infected: 11 out of 19 screened

Jalan Pintu Pong
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu and Pasir Puteh
Total infected: 11 out of 20 screened

Blue Valley Kampung Raja
Category: Workplace
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Cameron Highlands
Total infected: 21 out of 142 screened

Lorong Perindustrian Bukit Minyak 11
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah
Total infected: 76 out of 194 screened

Jalan Baru Batu Maung
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Barat Daya
Total infected: 51 out of 811 screened

Sungai Kluang Empat 2
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Barat Daya and Timur Laut
Total infected: 39 out of 2,070 screened

Lorong IKS Juru Tujuh
Category: Workplace
State(s): Penang
District(s): Seberang Perai Tengah
Total infected: 14 out of 47 screened

Bandar Riyal
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Samarahan, Asajaya and Simunjan
Total infected: 64 out of 496 screened

Lubuk Bukut
Category: Workplace
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Mukah and Sibu
Total infected: 40 out of 346 screened

Tapak Bina Jalan Panglima Hitam
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang
Total infected: 122 out of 928 screened

Industri Jalan Telipot Empat
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Hulu Selangor
Total infected: 97 out of 151 screened

Industri Bangi P10/14
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Hulu Langat, Petaling and Sepang
Total infected: 82 out of 122 screened

Industri Jalan Azalea
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Hulu Selangor
Total infected: 50 out of 220 screened

Industri Perigi Nanas Tujuh
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang
Total infected: 49 out of 241 screened

Industri Integrasi Rawang 3/2
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Gombak
Total infected: 37 out of 80 screened

Industri Korporat Dua
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Klang
Total infected: 27 out of 80 screened

Industri Ulu Tinggi Bestari Jaya
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Kuala Selangor
Total infected: 18 out of 37 screened

Industri Kampung Gumut
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Hulu Selangor
Total infected: 9 out of 32 screened

Jalan Kampung Tiong
Category: Tempat kerja
State(s): Terengganu
District(s): Kuala Terengganu and Marang
Total infected: 48 out of 84 screened

Tapak Bina Jalan Segambut Kuching
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Kepong
Total infected: 52 out of 205 screened

Tapak Bina Lebuhraya Setiawangsa
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Titiwangsa and Lembah Pantai
Total infected: 32 out of 50 screened

Tapak Bina Jalan Maju 13
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Lembah Pantai
Total infected: 10 out of 152 screened

Tapak Bina Awan Lembah 2
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Titiwangsa
Total infected: 8 out of 524 screened

Kampung Pinggir Simpang Renggam
Category: Community
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kluang
Total infected: 28 out of 45 screened

Kampung Kuau Melawi
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Bachok
Total infected: 16 out of 38 screened

Kampung Serungga
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Mas
Total infected: 12 out of 21 screened

Kampung Tambak Banggu
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu and Bachok
Total infected: 10 out of 16 screened

Mokek
Category: Community
State(s): Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Kuala Pilah
Total infected: 17 out of 47 screened

Pulau Keladi
Category: Community
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Pekan
Total infected: 24 out of 141 screened

Triang Maju
Category: Community
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Bera
Total infected: 22 out of 80 screened

Jalan Kota Bahru
Category: Community
State(s): Perak
District(s): Kampar
Total infected: 32 out of 95 screened

Kampung Batu Linting
Category: Community
State(s): Sabah
District(s): Kuala Penyu
Total infected: 29 out of 46 screened

Dabai Baruh
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Betong
Total infected: 33 out of 163 screened

Bungey 2
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Betong and Pusa
Total infected: 28 out of 86 screened

Jalan Stadium Tujuh
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kota Bharu
Total infected: 18 out of 39 screened

Jalan Manggis Intan
Category: High-risk group
State(s): Perak
District(s): Hilir Perak
Total infected: 18 out of 52 screened

Jalan Sunsuria
Category: Higher education facility
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Sepang
Total infected: 17 out of 481 screened

Jalan Panchor Muar
Category: Higher education facility
State(s): Johor
District(s): Muar
Total infected: 7 out of 147 screened

- Mkini