News by Syafiqah Salim

The eight new clusters have a total of 160 infections.

Sabah contributed more than half the new cases, with 387 infections, while Klang Valley reported 173 cases.

Two of these clusters are found in Sabah, namely the Avenue cluster in Penampang with 110 positive cases, and the Kejora cluster in Kota Kinabalu with nine cases. The three remaining clusters are: the Kasah cluster involving Kepoh in Kuala Lumpur with 19 cases, the Summer cluster in Timur Laut Penang with 11 cases, and the Mengketil cluster — which spans Kota Bharu, Machang and Tanah Merah in Kelantan, as well as Besut in Terengganu — with 24 cases.

Klang Valley: Selangor with 271 cases, Kuala Lumpur with 245 cases and two cases in Putrajaya

“CMCO takes a bit longer of time [in controlling the spike of Covid-19 cases] compared to MCO, because there is still movement and that is an issue, so we hope we can reduce the movement of people,” said Dr Noor Hisham.

The Klang Valley, comprising Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Putrajaya, contributed 544 of the new cases. 

It argues that the proposed development will encroach on its lot.

The Klang Valley today saw a spike of 567 cases, an increase of 2.5 times from 224 cases reported yesterday

The second-highest figure reported in a day

As the tally of recoveries climbed further to 32,069, active cases in the country dropped to 11,419 from 11,497 reported yesterday.