PUTRAJAYA: The Ministry of Health (MOH) expects Covid-19 infections in Malaysia to drop to around 500 to 1,000 cases a day in four weeks, said Health .
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded the highest number of daily Covid-19 cases when 3,309 cases were reported today, taking the total number of active cas.
11 Jan 2021 / 21:32 H.
KUALA LUMPUR: The number of active Covid-19 cases in Malaysia has drawn closer to 30,000 after 2,232 new cases were reported today, with Selangor still leading in daily figures, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said Selangor reported 557 new cases (25 per cent of daily total), with 404 cases (72.5 per cent) from clusters and screening of close contacts in the field.
“This is followed by Johor with 396 cases (17.7 per cent) and Sabah with 374 cases (16.8 per cent).
“The new cases today have pushed the cumulative figure for Covid-19 positive cases in Malaysia to 138,224, while the total number for active cases is 28,554,” he said in a statement today.
KUALA LUMPUR (Jan 10): Another five new clusters have been detected today namely Tapak Bina Cyber cluster, Texmile cluster, Jalan Sibuga cluster, Alor Durian cluster and Wakaf Lanas cluster with 123 infections reported, according to Ministry of Health (MoH) director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
In a statement today, he said the Tapak Bina Cyber cluster, which involves the districts of Sepang, Petaling, Klang and Hulu Langat in Selangor, is the new cluster with the highest number of new infections at 67 cases. This cluster is from a construction site and 140 individuals that have been tested.
The Texmile cluster in Gombak, Selangor saw 19 cases, while Jalan Sibuga cluster in Sandakan, Sabah has nine cases, Alor Durian cluster in Kelantan has 17 cases and Wakaf Lanas cluster, also in Kelantan, has 11 cases.
Sunday, 10 Jan 2021 06:55 AM MYT
BY R. LOHESWAR
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham had recently said that according to prediction models, cases will hit 8,000 per day if the basic reproduction number (R-nought or R0) of the virus infection increases to 1.2. Bernama pic
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KUALA LUMPUR, Jan 10 Existing medical facilities in the country will be overwhelmed if Covid-19 cases spike in March to an estimated 8,000 cases a day, several medical experts polled by
Malay Mail have warned.
In order to help contain the infections, they suggested that the federal government set up more quarantine centres in each state, and work closely with the state agencies to better reach the masses who are in need of urgent care.