COVID-19: 1,767 new cases, Sarawak records the highest
Melissa Fernando
April 13, 2021 11:58 MYT
April 13, 2021 11:58 MYT
Dr Noor Hisham said a total of 199 patients are in the intensive care unit, 82 of whom require respiratory aid. Filepic/BERNAMA
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded 1,767 new positive cases of COVID-19, according to the Ministry of Health (MOH) on Tuesday.
Director -General of Health, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said, Sarawak recorded the highest number of cases at 607 cases followed by Selangor at 483 cases.
A total of 1,758 were local transmissions while nine more were import cases, Dr Noor Hisham said via a Twitter post today.
He added that there were also 1,290 recovery cases reported with the total number of active cases now at 16,300.
"There are now 199 patients in the intensive care unit, 82 of whom require respiratory aid," he said.
The fatalities today involved four cases each in Sarawak and Sabah, three in Selangor and one in Terengganu, all aged between 37 and 89.
Meanwhile, nine new clusters were detected today, four involving workplaces, three in the community, one religious and one detention centre cluster.
The four involving workplaces are Jalan Puncak Borneo in Sarawak, Jalan Raja Laut and Jalan Hishamuddin in Kuala Lumpur and Lebuh Wawasan in Putrajaya.
The ones in the community were identified as Tabanak and Kampung Gayang in Sabah and Taman Malim Jaya in Melaka.
The religious cluster was identified as Jalan Bukit Belida in Negeri Sembilan while in Johor, health authorities detected the Jalan Salleh detention centre cluster.
-- BERNAMA