KUALA LUMPUR (Sept 30): A new cluster of Covid-19 infections — Tembok cluster — has been detected in Kedah with three confirmed infections.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the index case of this cluster refers to the 135th fatality — one of the two deaths that were reported today.
The Ministry of Health has started the screening of close contacts. Two more confirmed Covid-19 cases were detected among Malaysians, while 166 are waiting for their results.
Noor Hisham said the two Covid-19 patients have been admitted to Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital for treatment.
However, the source of infections is still under investigation.
Malaysia reported 89 new Covid-19 cases today, after three straight days of reporting triple digits of infections.
Among the 89 confirmed cases, 86 were locally transmitted cases, while three were imported, noted Noor Hisham.
For the 86 locally transmitted cases, 25 of them had travelled to Sabah. This brought the total number of infections to 88 among those who had travelled to Sabah recently.
The local transmissions involved 84 Malaysians and the remaining two were foreigners.
The Covid-19 death toll, however, went up to 136 after two new fatalities were reported today.
Active cases climbed for eight consecutive days — with 1,121 active cases today, which is 456 cases more from 665 about a week ago on Sept 22.