COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 2,253 new Covid-19 cases as of noon today, of which seven cases were imported from abroad.

Most cases were still concentrated in the Klang Valley (755 cases; 33.5 percent), but there has also been a spike of cases in Perak (545 cases; 24.2 percent).

The cases in Perak are at their highest since a larger spike of 1,215 cases was recorded five days earlier on Feb 21.

Since then, Perak has recorded an average of 262 cases per day prior to today's spike.

Most of the Perak cases today were attributed to the Jalan Changkat Jong cluster, which recorded 474 cases today for a total of 1,814 cases to date. The cluster was first detected on Feb 18 and is linked to a factory in Teluk Intan.

Other states and territories that recorded triple-digit figures today were Selangor (633), Johor (276), Sarawak (250), Sabah (129), and Kuala Lumpur (122).

Nevertheless, the number of active cases continues its downtrend and has reached pre-emergency levels today, after 3,085 cases were discharged.

The Health Ministry said there are now 27,994 active cases, compared to 28,554 active cases on Jan 11 when the Yang di-Pertuan Agong assented to a proclamation of emergency in view of the rising number of Covid-19 cases.

Active cases: 27,994

Patients in ICU: 201

Intubated: 93

Deaths

11 new Covid-19 deaths have been recorded today. This brings the national death toll to 1,111 cases.

Four deaths were in Selangor, followed by Kuala Lumpur (3), Sarawak (2), Sabah (1), and Johor (1). Three of them were non-citizens.

With that, the number of Covid-19 deaths in the Klang Valley (377) since the beginning of the pandemic now surpasses those recorded in Sabah (370).

The ages of the deceased ranged from 36 to 78 years old. Five of them were already deceased when brought to a hospital.

Cases by state

Selangor (633)
Existing clusters: 108
New clusters (Tapak Bina Persiaran Freesia, Teknologi Emas, Jalan Jenjarum, and Bukit Putra): 35
Close contacts: 377
Imported: 2
Other screenings: 111

Perak (545)
Existing clusters: 538
New cluster (Kampung Columbia): 1
Close contacts: 2
Other screenings: 4

Johor (276)
Existing clusters: 63
New cluster (Simpang Tiga Muar, Jalan Mega Satu): 64
Close contacts: 75
Imported: 1
Other screenings: 73

Sarawak (250)
Existing clusters: 83
Close contacts: 113
Other screenings: 54

Sabah (129)
Existing clusters: 43
New clusters (Merotai Besar): 6
Close contacts: 56
Other screenings: 24

Kuala Lumpur (122)
Existing clusters: 17
Close contacts: 46
Imported: 4
Other screenings: 55

Penang (93)
Existing clusters: 28
New clusters (Genting Terang): 5
Close contacts: 19
Other screenings: 41

Kelantan (73)
Existing clusters: 29
New clusters (Kampung Telekong): 4
Close contacts: 25
Other screenings: 15

Negeri Sembilan (68)
Existing clusters: 38
Close contacts: 10
Other screenings: 20

Kedah (25)
Existing clusters: 2
Close contacts: 5
Other screenings: 18

Pahang (21)
Existing clusters: 15
Close contacts: 2
Other screenings: 4

Malacca (13)
Existing clusters: 9
Close contacts: 3
Other screenings: 1

Perlis (4)
Other screenings: 4

Terengganu (1)
Existing clusters: 1

No cases were reported in Putrajaya and Labuan today.

Clusters

The Health Ministry is tracking 493 active Covid-19 clusters, including 10 new clusters that have been identified today.

New cases have been reported in 91 clusters today, of which the aforementioned Changkat Jong cluster in Perak recorded the most number of new cases (474).

This was followed by the newly identified Simpang Tiga cluster (55) in Johor and the Tembok Tapah cluster (54) in Perak. The latter is a prison cluster.

As for the new clusters, eight were classified as workplace clusters, and the other two are community clusters.

On the other hand, the ministry has ceased monitoring for 16 clusters after no new cases were recorded there for 28 consecutive days.

Details of the new clusters are as follows:

Tapak Bina Persiaran Freesia cluster
District(s): Kuala Langat, Selangor
Locality/Source: Construction site at Persiaran Freesia, Kuala Langat
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: Feb 23, targeted screening
Total infected: 19 out of 343 screened

Teknologi Emas cluster
District(s): Kuala Langat, Selangor
Locality/Source: Factory near Jalan Emas, Kuala Langat
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: Jan 29, targeted screening
Total infected: 20 out for 87 screened

Jalan Jenjarum cluster
District(s): Petaling, Selangor
Locality/Source: Factory at Jalan Jenjarum 28/39, Shah Alam
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: Feb 23, targeted screening
Total infected: 24 out of 94 screened

Bukit Putra cluster
District(s): Gombak, Selangor
Locality/Source: Factory at Bukit Rahman Putra Industrial Park, Sungai Buloh
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: Feb 26, targeted screening
Total infected: 24 out of 357 screened

Simpang Tiga Muar cluster
District(s): Muar, Johor
Locality/Source: Factory at Perindustrian Parit Jamil, Muar, and workers' hostel at Simpang 3, Parit Jamil, Muar
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: Feb 26, targeted screening
Total infected: 55 out of 377 screened

Jalan Mega Satu cluster
District(s): Johor Bahru, Johor
Locality/Source: Factory atJalan Mega 1/5, Taman Perindustrian Nusa Cemerlang, Nusajaya
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: Feb 26, targeted screening
Total infected: 9 out of 23 screened

Merotai Besar cluster
District(s): Kalabakan, Sabah
Locality/Source: Business premise at Jalan Tawau-Kalabakan, Merotai Besar, Tawau
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: Feb 18, index cases with symptoms
Total infected: 26 out of 79 screened

Genting Terang cluster
District(s): Barat Daya and Seberang Perai Selatan, Penang
Locality/Source: Public administration centre at Jalan Genting, Balik Pulau
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: Feb 19, index case with severe acute respiratory infection
Total infected: 21 out of 133 screened

Kampung Telekong cluster
District(s): Kuala Krai, Kelantan
Locality/Source: Community transmission at Kampung Telekong, Kuala Krai
Cluster category: Community
First case: Feb 17, contact tracing
Total infected: 29 out of 108 screened

Kampung Columbia cluster
District(s): Manjung, Perak
Locality/Source: Community transmission at Kampung Columbia, Ayer Tawar, Manjung
Cluster category: Community
First case: Feb 17, index case with symptoms
Total infected: 11 out of 43 screened