PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia’s Covid-19 infections continued to show a downward trend, with the country recording 1,555 new cases on Tuesday (March 2).
This the lowest daily figure recorded so far this year. Prior to this, the lowest daily figure reported in 2021 was 1,704 cases on Jan 4.
With the total number of patients being discharged outnumbering new cases daily, active cases have also gone down to pre-movement control order (MCO) 2.0 levels.
Tuesday’s active case total was 24,563, a sharp drop from the figures recorded in early February when it was as high as 52,000.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said Selangor recorded the highest number of cases out of all states with 672, accounting for 43.2% of the country’s new infections.
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PUTRAJAYA: Seven new Covid-19 clusters were detected on Monday (March 1), one of which involved an aged care home in Sentul, Kuala Lumpur.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said in a statement that five clusters were linked to workplace infections, while one was a community transmission and another cluster was found among a high-risk group.
The Jalan Cempedak cluster involved the Kepong district and was detected at an aged care home in Jalan Cempedak, Sentul.
To date, 30 individuals had been screened and 10 cases were found positive.
The Bukit Marak cluster was linked to community transmission and involved the Kota Baru and Bachok districts in Kelantan.