PETALING JAYA: The health ministry has detected three new Covid-19 clusters in the country over the last 24 hours.
In a statement today, health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said they are known as the Jalan Rusa cluster and Pasifik construction site cluster in Kuala Lumpur and the Maringkan cluster in Sabah.
The index case for the Jalan Rusa cluster in Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, was detected during community screenings which started early this month. Of the 1,267 individuals screened in the cluster, 129 have tested positive so far.
The Pasifik construction site cluster in Lembah Pantai, Kuala Lumpur, was detected after workplace screenings at a construction site on Dec 12. A total of 159 individuals have been screened in the cluster, of which 17 have tested positive so far.
The Maringkan cluster involves the Telupid and Ranau districts in Sabah. The index case was detected after an individual tested positive during symptomatic individual screenings on Dec 5. Since then, 93 people have been screened, with 11 testing positive.
Meanwhile, Noor Hisham said there were six clusters that ended today, namely Benteng PK, Kapas BJ, Garden, Bah Tropicana, Bah Bercham and Mentari.
This brings the total number of active clusters being monitored nationwide to 193.
Noor Hisham added the clusters reporting the highest number of new cases in the last 24 hours were the Jalan Harapan prison cluster (98 cases), the Jalan Rusa cluster (57 cases) and the Bintang cluster (50 cases).
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