Covid-19 Watch: Three new school clusters bring total to 14 in Negri


SEREMBAN: Three new Covid-19 clusters involving educational institutions have been reported in Negri Sembilan, bringing it to a total 14, says state health exco S. Veerapan.

He said 11 cases were reported at a school hostel known as the Pantai Cunningham cluster, 22 at a college hostel known as Paya Utama cluster (both in Port Dickson) and 38 at a school in Seremban known as the Bukit Merbah cluster.

"In total, we got 340 new cases at the 14 clusters over the past 24 hours," he said.

Veerapan said another 74 new cases were reported at a school here known as the Jalan Sikamat cluster, bringing it to a total 133 and 15 more at a religious school in Rembau known as the Bukit Chengkau Ulu cluster, bringing it to a total 87 cases.

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