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The conditional movement control order (MCO) in Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Sabah and several localities in other states has been extended until Jan 14, 2021, said Senior Minister (Security Cluster) Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

He said the government decided on this after taking the advice and risk assessment of the Health Ministry (MOH) based on the trend and increase in positive Covid-19 cases in these areas and the emergence of new clusters in Kuala Lumpur.

Ismail said for the other states, the extension of the conditional MCO will also affect Southwest Mukim 12 and Northeast Mukim 13 in Penang; Seremban in Negeri Sembilan; and Johor Bahru and Batu Pahat in Johor.

Malaysia reported 260 new cases of Covid-19 today of which only one is imported while the remaining 259 were locally acquired infections.

The number includes four new clusters in Selangor, Sabah, Putrajaya, and Kedah.

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah noted that this is the second-highest increase in the number of cases in a single day, after the 277 cases recorded on June 4 amid the outbreak at the Bukit Jalil immigration detention depot at the time.

A new cluster of positive Covid-19 cases has been detected at the Bukit Jalil immigration depot in Kuala Lumpur.

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this was after 34 new cases were detected at the centre in the past 24 hours alone, bringing the total number of positive coronavirus cases there to 35.

However, Noor Hisham today informed that all 34 individuals found to be infected had been housed at the detention centre since before the start of the movement control order (MCO) on March 18.

Dr Noor Hisham said 19 new clusters were detected yesterday, bringing the total active clusters to 481.

MARA will continue to monitor the implementation of COVID-19 SOP in all 55 MRSMs nationwide following the emergence of a new COVID-19 cluster at MRSM Tawau, recently.

A cluster of three COVID-19 cases linked to a gym has also been detected, with two cases testing preliminarily positive for the variant.

His Majesty today decreed that COVID-19 screening tests must be conducted for all flood evacuees housed at PPS to avoid the emergence of new clusters.

The number of new COVID-19 cases dropped to 5,666 today compared to 5,828 cases yesterday, while 6,978 recoveries were recorded in the last 24 hours.

Forty-five new COVID-19 clusters were reported in Malaysia today, including 30 at workplaces, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

A total of 949 new COVID-19 positive cases were recorded in Sabah yesterday, compared with 1,010 cases reported the day before.

Masidi said that with today's new positive cases, the cumulative total of positive cases in the state stood at 86,889 cases.

Four are community clusters and the other a workplace cluster, bringing the total number of active clusters in the state to 78.

Thirty COVID-19 new clusters were reported in the country today, with the community clusters exceeding the workplace clusters.

Muftis have agreed that SOPs at surau and mosques will continue to be tightened and monitored so as to curb the spread of COVID-19.

It is believed that the activity of selling illegal lottery has triggered one of the three COVID-19 clusters detected in Sabah, Masidi said.