PUTRAJAYA: The health ministry reported four new clusters today affecting Selangor, Penang, Sabah and Kuala Lumpur.
They are the Cassia Diamond cluster involving Selangor and Penang; the Pompod cluster involving Sabah; and the Kiara and Perkasa construction site clusters both in Kuala Lumpur.
The Cassia Diamond cluster involving Klang, Hulu Langat, Kuala Langat, Kuala Selangor and Gombak in Selangor, and also Barat Daya in Penang was detected yesterday when an individual was screened after showing symptoms.
A total of 76 individuals have been screened so far with 25 positive cases.
Meanwhile, the index case for the Pompod cluster involving Kota Belud and Kudat in Sabah tested positive on Dec 13 after screening of symptomatic individuals. A total of 216 people were screened, of which 19 tested positive.
On the Kiara construction site cluster, Noor Hisham said the positive cases were detected since Dec 21 following targeted screenings at construction sites.
The workplace cluster involving Kepong, Kuala Lumpur, has 13 positive cases from the 372 individuals screened.
On the Perkasa construction site cluster from Cheras, Kuala Lumpur, he said cases were first detected starting from Dec 22 following targeted screenings.
A total of 451 people have been screened with 11 positive cases.
Noor Hisham also announced that six clusters have officially ended today, bringing the total number of active clusters to 204.
The six clusters were the Tanamera, Jalan Kalabakan, Seri Terapi, Seri Pasir, Astaka and Tembaga clusters.
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