Selangor loses last green district, but many sub-districts are Covid-19 free

 

All of Selangor's nine districts have recorded Covid-19 cases in the past 14 days.

Sabak Bernam was the last Selangor district to turn from green to turn yellow yesterday, with one case recorded.

Coupled with Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, this means every district under the conditional movement control order (CMCO) in these three areas has recorded a Covid-19 case in the past 14 days.

However, a close look at sub-district (mukim) data shows there are swathes of Selangor untouched by Covid-19.

In fact, only eight of Selangor's 56 subdistricts are red zones while 23 are green zones.

The districts and mukim are classified according to colour, based on the number of cases recorded there in the past 14 days.

Red zones are areas with more than 40 cases recorded in the past 14 days, yellow zones are areas with one to 40 cases while green zones do not have a single case recorded.

The outbreak in Selangor is mostly concentrated in the districts of Petaling and Klang, in which all the sub-districts are red zones.

The district of Sepang, which is a red zone, does not have any red mukim.

However, two of its three mukim are the cusp of becoming red zones, with Dengkil at 39 cases and Labu at 37 cases.

Dengkil includes the township of Cyberjaya, which has recorded a spate of unlinked cases, while the Labu cases are likely to be driven by the Kaya cluster involving cargo and post workers at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport.

Other districts are mostly yellow or green, with Hulu Langat having one red sub-district (Kajang, with 148 cases) and Kuala Langat (Tanjung 12(1) with 80 cases).

 

In Kuala Lumpur, only one of four Health Department districts is a red zone, that is the district of Titiwangsa with 57 cases in the past 14 days.

The others are yellow zones, with Cheras close to turning red, with 37 cases as at yesterday.

The Health Department of the Federal Territories of Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya does not release sub-district level data as per other states. Therefore, the numbers of cases recorded in the past fortnight per sub-district in Kuala Lumpur are unknown.

The district of Titiwangsa is broken up into three sub-districts (Titiwangsa, Wangsa Maju and Setiawangsa), Kepong consists of the sub-districts of Kepong, Segambut and Batu, Lembah Pantai consists of Lembah Pantai, Bukit Bintang and Seputeh while Cheras is made up of the sub-districts of Cheras and Bandar Tun Razak.

Even though the numbers of cases recorded in the past 14 days in these sub-districts are not released, the Health Ministry last week started releasing the numbers of daily new cases there.

This is the first time it released sub-district data for Kuala Lumpur since the start of the pandemic.

Based on this chart, it appears the subdistrict of Titiwangsa is the only red sub-district while Wangsa Maju and Batu have not had a case in 14 days.

Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah earlier said the CMCO on Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and Putrajaya, due to end on Tuesday, may be extended due to the rise in cases in the three areas.

Selangor recorded 88 new cases yesterday, Kuala Lumpur 10 while Putrajaya had one new Covid-19 case.

Under the CMCO, all schools are closed, inter-district travel is restricted only to workers and for emergencies, while those in management and supervisory roles in some industries are encouraged to work from home.

Businesses may remain open while some recreational activities are not allowed, including contact sports and swimming.

Foreign and construction workers in red zones have to undergo Covid-19 tests.

Sabah is the other state under CMCO, and the order there has been extended to Nov 9. - Mkini