Covid-19 (June 19) - 5,911 new cases, June death toll crosses 1.5k

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 5,911 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours.

There were also 72 deaths reported, pushing the death toll for June alone to 1,552. Total fatalities in May were 1,289.

Recoveries, though, outpaced new infections, lowering the number of active cases.

• Active cases: 64,523
• Patients in ICU: 886
  
• Intubated: 441

Today's new cases were a slight decline after daily fresh infections climbed above 6,000 for the first time in a week yesterday.

However, new cases in Selangor remain elevated, climbing to 2,111. This is the state's highest number in eight days.

The situation in Negeri Sembilan also remains worrying. The state recorded 770 new cases today.

It is the state with the second-highest number of new daily cases for the fourth consecutive day.

Selangor (2111)
Negeri Sembilan (770)
Sarawak (569)
Johor (498)
Kuala Lumpur (483)
Perak (245)
Kelantan (223)
Kedah (204)
Sabah (201)
Labuan (185)
Penang (167)
Malacca (134)
Terengganu (62)
Pahang (56)
Putrajaya (3)
Perlis (0)

Deaths

The 72 fatalities today brought the national death toll to 4,348.

The new deaths were recorded in Selangor (23), Kuala Lumpur (15), Negeri Sembilan (7), Pahang (6), Sarawak (5), Johor (5), Labuan (3), Kelantan (2), Penang (2), Sabah (1), Perak (1), Malacca (1) and Kedah (1).

The youngest victim was a 29-year-old woman.

The remaining fatalities were patients aged between 33 and 90.

For a detailed breakdown of the reported deaths today, please refer to our Covid-19 tracker site.

Clusters

A total of 824 out of 2,604 clusters are still active. This includes the 24 new clusters reported today.

Details of the new clusters are as follow:

Tapak Bina Perdagangan Dana
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Petaling
Total infected: 324 out of 482 screened

Jalan Tujuh Selatan Dua
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Sepang, Hulu Langat, Klang, Kuala Langat, Kuala Selangor, Petaling
Total infected: 50 out of 530 screened

Tanjung Bin Dua
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Pontian
Total infected: 46 out of 926 screened

Industri Jalan P1 Ayer Keroh
Category: Workplace
State(s): Malacca
District(s): Melaka Tengah, Jasin
Total infected: 32 out of 147 screened

Jalan Kenyalang
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bharu
Total infected: 28 out of 273 screened

Dah Industri Jabi
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kedah
District(s): Kota Setar
Total infected: 26 out of 48 screened

Industri Jalan Dua
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Gombak, Hulu Langat, Petaling
Total infected: 22 out of 212 screened

Jalan Kempas Lima
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru, Kluang
Total infected: 16 out of 211 screened

Tapak Bina Jalan Perumahan Gurney
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Titiwangsa
Total infected: 16 out of 327 screened

Industri Alam Jaya 2/1
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Kuala Selangor, Klang
Total infected: 13 out of 61 screened

Jalan Vita Dua
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Sepang
Total infected: 11 out of 65 screened

Selindang
Category: Workplace
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Lipis
Total infected: 9 out of 172 screened

Taman Merbau Utama
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Puteh, Kota Bahru
Total infected: 41 out of 203 screened

Kampung Bedal
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kuala Krai
Total infected: 35 out of 65 screened

Mongkos 2
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Tebedu, Kuching
Total infected: 22 out of 70 screened

Jalan Tengah
Category: Community
State(s): Johor
District(s): Mersing
Total infected: 22 out of 206 screened

Sungai Banun
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Meradong
Total infected: 20 out of 86 screened

Tebakang Dayak
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Serian
Total infected: 18 out of 95 screened

Taman Damai
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Machang, Jeli
Total infected: 6 out of 24 screened

Tembok Mantin
Category: Detention Centre
State(s): Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban
Total infected: 101 out of 215 screened

Tembok Labuan
Category: Detention Centre
State(s): Labuan
District(s): Labuan
Total infected: 48 out of 322 screened

Tembok Kluang
Category: Detention Centre
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kluang
Total infected: 28 out of 152 screened

Tembok Machang
Category: Detention Centre
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Machang
Total infected: 21 out of 54 screened

Dah Tiong
Category: Kumpulan Berisiko
State(s): Kedah
District(s): Kuala Muda
Total infected: 29 out of 49 screened

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