Covid-19 (Nov 10): 892 new cases, death toll reaches 300

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 892 new Covid-19 cases and six deaths during the 24-hour period ending this evening. 

This brings the country's Covid-19 death toll to 300.

Active cases = 11,446 ↑ (138 more than yesterday)

Patients in intensive care = 82 ↓ (4 less than yesterday)

Intubated patients = 27 ↓ (4 less than yesterday)

Deaths = 6

All six deaths were reported in Sabah and include one foreigner. The cumulative number of deaths in Sabah attributed to Covid-19 stands at 162, or 54 percent of the national death toll.

Sabah today reported the most number of new Covid-19 cases (45.7 percent) followed by Klang Valley regions (29.7 percent) and Negeri Sembilan (16.2 percent).

Of the 892 cases over the past 24 hours, only one did not involve a local transmission.

A breakdown of the new cases are as follows:

Sabah (397 cases)

- Existing clusters - 69

- New clusters (Liawan, Tatahan and GK Tawau) - 23

- Close contact screening - 215

- Other types of screening - 90

Selangor (235 cases)

- Existing clusters - 162

- Close contact screening - 33

- Other types of screening - 40

Negeri Sembilan (141 cases)

- Existing clusters - 129

- Close contact screening - 10

- Other types of screening - 2

Penang (27 cases)

- Existing clusters - 22

- Close contact screening - 2

- Screening of patients with symptoms - 1

- Other types of screening - 2

Kuala Lumpur (19 cases)

- Existing clusters - 19 cases

- Close contact screening - 2 cases

- Other types of screening - 6 cases

Perak (12 cases)

- Existing clusters - 9

- Close contact screening - 2

- Other types of screening - 1

Kedah (3 cases)

- Existing clusters - 2

- Close contact screening - 1

Johor (8 cases)

- Existing clusters - 6

- Close contact screening - 1

- Other types of screening - 1

Kelantan (9 cases)

- New cluster (Kube) - 9

Labuan (8 cases)

- Existing clusters - 6

- Close contact screening - 2

Sarawak (6 cases)

- Existing clusters - 3

- Other types of screening - 3

Putrajaya (3 cases)

- Existing clusters - 3

According to health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, the country's maximum RT-PCR tests yesterday was 59,360. Yesterday, 20,350 tests were conducted.

Meanwhile, the Health Ministry has classified four new clusters today.

The Liawan cluster was identified in the Keningau district in Sabah where the index case reported symptoms on Nov 5. So far, 24 cases have been attributed to this cluster.

The Tatahan cluster involved the Kota Kinabalu district in Sabah. The index case reported symptoms on Nov 1. So far, 18 cases have been attributed to this cluster.

The GK Tawau cluster involved the Tawau district in Sabah, where the index case reported symptoms on Oct 6. Twelve cases have been attributed to this cluster.

The Kube cluster involved the Kota Bharu and Tanah Merah districts in Kelantan. The index case reported symptoms on Nov 7. So far, 10 cases have been attributed to this cluster.

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