After yesterday's record high, Malaysia's brand-new Covid-19 cases dip to 293 mostly in Sabah, Kedah
KUALA LUMPUR, Oct 4– The Health Ministry today tape-recorded 293 brand-new Covid-19 cases spread out over nine states and the federal areas of Kuala Lumpur and Labuan, without any additional deaths tape-recorded.
Malaysia had actually been charting a constant streak of new highs in regards to everyday new Covid-19 cases over the previous 3 days, with 260 tape-recorded on October 1, followed by 287 (October 2), and the nation’s present record high at 317 cases (October 3 or yesterday).
Health Director-General Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah today said that the 293 cases made up of 292 locally-transmitted cases (involving 269 Malaysians and 23 immigrants), while the staying case is an imported case including a foreigner who got here from Bangladesh and was identified in a sign-on screening in Kuala Lumpur.
The bulk or about 81 percent of the 293 cases today were detected in Sabah (126 cases) and Kedah (113 cases), while the rest were taped in Selangor (31), Johor (8), Labuan (five), Kuala Lumpur (3), Perak (two), Negri Sembilan (two), and one case each in Penang, Kelantan and Sarawak.
This brings the cumulative total of Covid-19 cases taped in the country to 12,381 to date, but with 83.05 percent or 10,283 having actually recovered and released up until now.
With 67 individuals released today, the existing total for active cases or Covid-19 patients still under treatment is 1,961
Of the 1,961 cases still being treated, 28 are in the intensive care units (ICU) with 4 of them intubated or on breathing support.
Breakdown of the 292 local cases today
Of the 292 cases today, Sabah taped the most cases at 126 which included 14 brand-new cases from the Kluster Benteng LD that included 2 Malaysians and 12 foreigners, 13 brand-new cases from the Kluster Bangau-Bangau (12 Malaysians, one foreigner), four cases from newly-announced cluster Kluster Kau Sing (2 Malaysians, two foreigners), 78 who had signs and were evaluated (74 Malaysians, 4 immigrants), and 12 Malaysians who were discovered as part of efforts to trace close contacts of Covid-19 patients.
The staying 5 cases in Sabah today were from the screening of two Malaysians upon hiring, severe acute breathing disease including a Malaysian, community screening involving a Malaysian and a screening for ward admittance of an immigrant.
For the other cases today that were detected beyond Sabah, 30 of them included those who had actually returned from visiting Sabah, which means that since September 20, there has been a cumulative overall of 206 Covid-19 cases with a history of travel to Sabah. The Health Ministry dubbed Sabah a “high-risk area.”
Kedah’s 113 cases today were made up of 112 from the Kluster Tembok (111 Malaysians, one foreigner), and one Malaysian from the Kluster Bah Rose.
Selangor’s 31 cases today all involved Malaysians, 13 were screened upon return from Sabah, 13 are new additions to Kluster Jalan Meru, while 3 belong to newly-announced cluster Kluster Embun, and two are from close contact screenings.
For Johor’s eight cases today, six are Malaysians who were screened upon their return from Sabah, one from a foreigner who was screened prior to return to the native land, and one task screening for a foreigner.
Kuala Lumpur’s 2 cases include a Malaysian from the Kluster Jalan Meru and another Malaysian who had actually returned from Sabah, while Sarawak was a Malaysian discovered through sign-on screening and Penang involved a Malaysian who is a close contact to Covid-19 patient number 11,133
The rest of the cases today all involved Malaysians who had returned from Sabah, with such cases found in Labuan (five), Negri Sembilan (two), Perak (two), and Kelantan (one).
Dr Noor Hisham also noted that senior minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob had earlier today revealed a 14- day targeted improved movement control order (Temco) at the Alor Setar jail and the jail personnel’s quarters in Kedah from October 6 due to the spike in cases there, prior to adding that this would allow the targeted detection of cases and the curbing of the spread of Covid-19 infections.
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