Covid-19 (Nov 21): Selangor reports more cases than Sabah

 

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 1,041 new Covid-19 cases as of noon today and three deaths.

Selangor reported the most number of cases with 402 new infections while Sabah registered 346 cases and Negeri Sembilan 121.

There were also 1,405 recoveries, which lowered the number of active cases.

Leading indicators:

• Active cases - 12,854 ↓ (367 less than the previous day)
  
• Patients in intensive care - 108 ↓ (two less than the previous day)
  
• Intubated patients - 45 ↑ (three more than the previous day)
  
• Deaths - 3
  

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the rise in Selangor cases was due to a spike in the Teratai cluster (298 new cases).

The cluster is linked to workers employed by rubber glove manufacturer Top Glove.

Two of the cases today were imported while the rest were local.

The breakdown of cases by state, including imported cases is as follows:

Selangor (402)

• Existing clusters - 346
• New Jalan Harapan cluster - 17
• Close contact tracing - 19
• Other types of screening - 20
  

Sabah (346)

• Existing clusters - 43
  
• Close contact tracing - 148
  
• Other types of screening -155

Negeri Sembilan (121)

• Existing clusters - 119
• Other types of screening - 2
  

Kuala Lumpur (68)

• Existing clusters - 44
  
• Close contact tracing - 5
  
• Other types of screening - 17
• Imported - 2
  

Johor (33)

• Existing clusters - 17
• New Kota Kecil cluster - 3
  
• Close contact tracing - 8
  
• Other types of screening - 5
  

Perak (29)

• Existing clusters - 21
  
• Close Contact tracing - 1
  
• Other types of screening - 7
  

Penang (17)

• Existing clusters - 12
  
• Close contact tracing - 3
  
• Other types of screening - 12

Labuan (12)

• New Sky Coklat cluster - 6
  
• Other types of screening - 6
  

Kelantan (7)

• Existing clusters - 7

Kedah (6)

• Existing clusters - 1
  
• Close contact tracing - 3
  
• Other types of screening - 2
  

Sarawak (0)

Pahang (0)

Malacca (0)

Terengganu (0)

Putrajaya (0)

Perlis (0)

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