Covid-19: Five new clusters detected as of noon Saturday (Jan 8), says Dr Noor Hisham

PETALING JAYA: Five new clusters were recorded in the country, which included two from workplaces, while six other clusters ended on Saturday (Jan 9), says Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

The Health director-general said the five new clusters are located in Johor, Penang, Sarawak, Melaka and Terengganu.

The Mikro cluster, said Dr Noor Hisham, was a workplace cluster involving the Johor Baru, Kulai, Pontian and Kota Tinggi cluster in Johor, where 97 individuals were found to be positive after 588 were screened.

In Penang, Dr Noor Hisham said the Symphony Magazine cluster involved the Timur Laut and Seberang Perai districts, where 44 positive cases were detected after 116 individuals were screened.

At the same time, Dr Noor Hisham said the Kesidang Technology cluster is a workplace cluster involving the Melaka Tengah district in Melaka, where 18 positive cases were detected after 136 individuals were screened.

The Palut cluster is a cluster involving the Dungun district in Terengganu, where 10 positive cases were detected after 89 individuals were screened.

The fifth cluster - Pasai - is a cluster involving the Sibu and Mukah district in Sarawak, where 38 cases were found to be positive after 73 individuals were screened.

Meanwhile, Dr Noor Hisham said the government is currently monitoring 256 active clusters, where 58 of them had reported increases in Covid-19 cases on Saturday (Jan 9).

This consisted of 291 cases in the Jalan Harapan prison cluster, 226 from the Beringin cluster and 115 from the Jalan Perindustrian cluster.