Covid-19 (Nov 27): 1,109 new cases, 2 deaths

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 1,109 new Covid-19 cases as of noon today and two deaths.

New cases were reported in every state except for Perlis, Terengganu, Malacca and Sarawak.

Sabah reported the highest number of new cases (39.8 percent) followed by the Klang Valley region (30.7 percent) and Negeri Sembilan (15.1 percent).

Kuala Lumpur and Negeri Sembilan saw the emergence of large new clusters in a construction site and a factory respectively. 

Leading indicators:

• Active cases: 11,348 ↓ (41 less than the previous day)

• Patients in intensive care: 113 ↑ (3 more than previous day)

• Intubated patients: 41 ↓ (4 less than the previous day)

• Deaths: 2 

Two deaths were reported in Sabah. The state's cumulative Covid-19 death toll had reached 202, or 57.7 percent of the national total (350).

Details of the two deceased are as follows:

Patient 60,141 - Foreign male, 47, passed away at the Semporna Hospital.

Patient 60,647 - Foreign male, 64, passed away at the Labuan Hospital.

Of the 1,109 new cases, ten were imported. A breakdown of the locally transmitted cases are as follows:

Sabah (441)

Existing clusters: 54

New cluster: 43

Close contact: 249

Other screenings: 95

Selangor (175)

Existing clusters: 99

Close contact: 47

Imported: 1

Other screenings: 28

Negeri Sembilan (167)

Existing clusters: 46

New cluster (Jalan Haruan): 116

Close contact: 1

Other screenings: 4

Kuala Lumpur (154 )

Existing clusters: 15

New cluster (Tapak Bina Puteh Lama): 118

Close contact: 3

Imported: 9

Other screenings: 9

Penang (64)

Existing clusters: 32

New cluster (Beringin): 18

Close contact: 7

Other screenings: 7

Perak (42)

Existing clusters: 38

Other screenings: 4

Johor (33)

Existing clusters: 28

Other screenings: 5

Kedah (25)

Existing clusters: 24

Other screenings: 1

Kelantan (5)

Existing clusters: 2

Close contact: 3

Pahang (3)

Close contact: 2

Other screenings: 1

At a press briefing today, Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said four new clusters have been classified. The total number of active clusters is currently 176 of which 47 saw new cases.

Tapak Bina Puteh Lama is the new cluster with the most cases (139). It involved a construction site in the Lembah Pantai district in Kuala Lumpur.

The Jalan Haruan cluster had 118 cases, mostly involving foreigners working at a factory. The Health Ministry said this cluster involved the Seremban district. From the name, it would suggest that this factory is located in Seremban 2.

The Jalan Tuaran cluster had 43 cases. This cluster involved the Kota Kinabalu, Penampang and Tuaran districts in Sabah. The new cases were detected during screening at an unspecified workplace.

The Beringin cluster had 37 cases. This cluster involved two factories in Penang. Affected districts are the North East, Southwest, Seberang Perai Selatan and Seberang Perai Tengah.

The index case was diagnosed with Covid-19 on Nov 19 after complaining of symptoms.

As for testing, Malaysia has conducted 25,473 RT-PCR tests yesterday out of a daily capacity of 59,385.