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PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has detected 17 new Covid-19 clusters, taking the total number of active ones to 390.

Thursday, 29 April 2021 - 17:11 The highest number of COVID cases in the country was reported yesterday (29) with a record of 1,466 cases. This is the second consecutive day that the number of patients reported in a day has exceeded 1,000. The highest number of patients were reported from the Colombo District, which was 228. Meanwhile, when PCR tests were conducted on 14 persons in Divulwewa, Anamaduwa, 12 of them had tested positive for the virus. The persons diagnosed were identified to be...

KUCHING: Sarawak reported 432 new Covid-19 cases on Tuesday (April 27), with 70% detected in five central and northern districts, says the state disaster management committee. The committee said the five districts with the most cases were Bintulu with 81, Bukit Mabong (64), Miri (60), Sibu (53) and Kanowit (46). Other districts which reported cases were Selangau and Mukah with 23 each, Kuching (21), Matu (10), Julau (eight), Marudi and Sebauh (six each), Lundu (four), Sri Aman, Sarikei, Subis a...

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KUCHING: Two women in their 30s were among six new deaths from Covid-19 reported in Sarawak on Monday (April 26), the states highest number of fatalities in a day to date. The state disaster management committee said a 33-year-old woman, who was brought to the Kapit Hospital after being found unconscious at home by her family, died on April 21 and confirmed positive for Covid-19 on the same day. She had comorbidities of hypertension, diabetes and obesity. Another woman aged 35, who also had obe...

Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. – MOHD SAHAR MISNI/The Star PUTRAJAYA: More Covid-19 outbreaks at schools and education centres have emerged in the country, according to the Health Ministry. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said five out of eight new clusters on Friday (April 23) were linked to the education sector. The five clusters are the Jalan Roban Lama cluster (Sarawak, 48 cases), Jalan Selirik cluster (Sarawak, 23 cases), Persiaran Sri Sauj...

SIBU: All government departments and agencies here have been told to close their pantries with immediate effect.

Health Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba (pic), said from Jan 1 to April 20, the sector has seen 83 infection clusters with 4,868 confirmed cases. “From the 83 clusters, 49 (59.04%) are still active, involving 2,617 cases. “There are 34 clusters involving 2,521 cases that have been declared as closed, ” said Dr Adham in a statement Wednesday (April 21). The minister also said 39 clusters (48.99%) with 1,420 cases are those involving schools and institutions under the Education Ministry,...

PETALING JAYA: Kelantan’s rising Covid-19 clusters emerging from workplaces, especially in the education sector, is the contributing factor in the rapid increase in cases there. Kelantan’s Covid-19 infectivity rate is now at 1.43, the highest among other states. The national infectivity rate is at 1.16. Based on The Star’s analysis, Kelantan has the third lowest vaccination rate compared to other states in the country, with an estimated 1.73% of the state’s population having received t...