KUALA LUMPUR (April 24): Malaysia recorded 2,717 new Covid-19 cases today, down from 2,847 yesterday, bringing cumulative coronavirus cases in the country to date to 390,252.

Of the new cases, 26 were imported infections; 24 were foreigners and two were locals.

Also recorded were 11 more fatalities — five from Sarawak, three from Selangor, two from Sabah and one from Kuala Lumpur — which raised the death toll from the pandemic here to 1,426, or 0.37% of overall cases, according to Health director-general Tan Sri Noor Hisham Abdullah in a statement today. One of the new fatalities was a foreigner.

New recoveries, meanwhile, came in at 2,292, raising total recoveries to 365,900, which represents a recovery rate of 93.8%.

As new cases continue to surpass new recoveries, active cases — referring to those that carry transmission risks — rose to 22,926, up from 22,512 yesterday.  

Selangor again topped the new cases list with 768 infections today, followed by Sarawak (570), Kelantan (518), Kuala Lumpur (240), Penang (134), Sabah (132), Johor (126), Perak (54), Terengganu (50), Kedah (34), Melaka (30), Negeri Sembilan (27), Pahang (22), Putrajaya (11) and Perlis (one).

The Health Ministry also identified 10 new infection clusters, comprising seven workplace clusters, two community clusters and one school/educational institution cluster.

Of the workplace clusters, there are two from Selangor (Jalan Abdul Karim and Jalan Meor), two from Perak (Leboh Ipoh-Lumut and Jalan Datoh), and one each from Penang (Tingkat Mak Mandin), Terengganu (D’Lahar) and Penang (Desa Mawar). The two community clusters are Jalan Kolam Dua in Perak, and Dambai Inanam in Sabah, while the sole school/educational institution cluster is Jalan St Thomas Kuala Lumpur.

The ministry has so far identified 1,583 clusters, of which 1,231 have been declared ended — including 12 today — while 352 are still active.