PETALING JAYA: Since the first day of Hari Raya, a total of 60 clusters have been found, linked to both the end of Ramadan on May 13 and Gawai, which was celebrated on June 1.
In a statement, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said 58 of these were linked to Hari Raya while two were a result of Gawai.
A total of 13,023 individuals have been screened from these clusters, and 3,511 positive cases of Covid-19 were identified, a positivity rate of 27%.
From these festival clusters, there have been 20 deaths and 11 people are currently receiving treatment in ICU.
The states that recorded the highest number of festival clusters were Sabah with 11 clusters, Sarawak (8) and Kedah (7).
“The situation of increasing cases and deaths reported from this festival cluster is considered serious and worrying as it occurred in a short period of time,” Noor Hisham said.
“We should emulate neighbouring countries that have managed to control the Covid-19 pandemic situation well. They have proven that with cooperation among all parties and high adherence to the SOPs, the return of some level of normalcy can be a reality.”
He once again urged Malaysians to stay home if there are no pressing reasons to go outside, and encouraged people to get vaccinated for the sake of achieving herd immunity. - FMT
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