Covid-19 (Jan 16): Record high as cases breach 4,000 mark

 

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry has reported 4,029 new cases of Covid-19, another record high.

The previous record, just two days ago, was 3,337 new cases.

Selangor reported the most cases, more than 1,400, followed by Johor and Sabah.

Of the new cases, 110 (2.7 percent) were from lockup, prison or immigration depot clusters.

Leading indicators:

• Active cases: 37,126 ↑ (1,873 more than the previous day, new record)
  
  
• Patients in ICU: 205 ↑ (1 more than the previous day, new record)
  
  
• Intubated patients: 79 ↓ (8 less than the previous day)
  
  
• Deaths: 8

A breakdown of cases by states is as follows:

Selangor (1,466)

Existing clusters: 486

Close contacts: 675

Other screenings: 305

Johor (719)

Existing clusters: 348

New clusters (Jalan Sembrong, Tembok Nanas, Senai Cyber): 163

Close contacts: 143

Other screenings: 65

Sabah (449)

Existing clusters: 8

Close contacts: 335

Other screenings: 106

Kuala Lumpur (347)

Existing clusters: 94

Close contacts: 129

Imported: 7

Other screenings: 117

Negeri Sembilan (214)

Existing clusters: 41

New cluster (Jalan Permata): 50

Close contacts: 74

Other screenings: 49

Kedah (195)

Existing clusters: 19

Close contacts: 62

Other screenings: 114

Kelantan (141)

Existing clusters: 45

Close contacts: 63

Other screenings: 33

Penang (120)

Existing clusters: 36

Close contacts: 46

Other screenings: 38

Terengganu (80)

Existing clusters: 35

Close contacts: 22

Other screenings: 23

Sarawak (69)

Existing clusters: 50

Imported: 1

Other screenings: 18

Pahang (65)

Existing clusters: 1

New cluster (Kampung Lebu): 8

Close contacts: 41

Other screenings: 15

Perak (54)

Existing clusters: 10

New cluster (Taman Juta): 1

Close contacts: 30

Other screenings: 13

Malacca (44)

Existing clusters: 4

Close contacts: 36

Other screenings: 4

Putrajaya (35)

Existing clusters: 3

Close contacts: 19

Other screenings: 13

Labuan (17)

Close contacts: 12

Other screenings: 5

Close contacts: 14

Perlis (14)

Close contact tracing: 14

Deaths

Of the eight new deaths, four were from Sabah.

Details of the deceased are as follows:

'Patient 104,077'  - Male, 70, passed away at the Queen Elizabeth, Kota Kinabalu (Sabah)

'Patient 126,612'  - Male, 59, passed away at the Sungai Buloh (Selangor)

'Patient 141,045'  - Male, 78, passed away at the Raja Permaisuri Bainun, Ipoh (Perak)

'Patient 142,964'  - Male, 72, passed away at the Sungai Buloh (Kuala Lumpur)

'Patient 144,035'  - Male, 40, passed away at the Bentong (Pahang)

'Patient 145,939'  - Male, 62, passed away at theJenazah dibawa ke Lahad Datu (Sabah)

'Patient 117,659'  - Foreign female, 45, passed away at the Lahad Datu (Sabah)

'Patient 149,197'  - Foreign female, 61, passed away at the Lahad Datu (Sabah)

Clusters

Meanwhile, Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a statement today, reported six new clusters. Their details are as follows:

Senai Cyber cluster

Main location: Jalan Cyber 2, Senai Industrial Estate 3, Senai, Johor

Affected districts: Kulai

Type: Factory

Cases to date: 114

Tembok Nanas cluster

Main location: Pekan Nanas Immigration Depot, Johor

Affected districts: Pontian

Type: Immigration Depot

Cases to date: 41

Jalan Sembrong cluster

Main location: Jalan Sembrong 3, Taman Perindustrian Sembrong, Kluang, Johor

Affected districts: Kluang

Type: Workers' quarters

Cases to date: 18

Jalan Permata cluster

Main location: Jalan Permata 1/3, Arab Malaysian Industrial Park, Nilai, Negeri Sembilan

Affected districts: Seremban

Type: Workplace, index case with symptoms

Cases to date: 61

Taman Juta cluster

Main location: Taman Juta Intan, Perak

Affected districts: Hilir Perak

Type: Index case with symptoms

Cases to date: 14

Kampung Lebu cluster

Main location: Kampung Lebu, Bentong, Pahang

Affected districts: Bentong, Kuantan

Type: Wedding ceremony, tahlil prayers

Cases to date: 21

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