New clusters detected in Sabah

PUTRAJAYA: The health ministry reported six new clusters today affecting Selangor, Kuala Lumpur and Sabah.

Health director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic)  said the clusters in Selangor were the Jalan Klinik cluster in Klang, the Hevea construction site cluster in Petaling, and the Bukit Belimbing cluster involving Petaling and Klang.

The clusters in Kuala Lumpur were the Kapital cluster in Lembah Pantai and the Setapak Indah cluster in Setiawangsa, while the Kauran cluster was detected in Keningau, Sabah.

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The Jalan Klinik cluster was detected at a targeted screening carried out at a factory today, which saw 132 test positive. 

Cases in the Hevea construction site cluster were detected on Dec 28. As of today, 30 have tested positive.

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Infections at the Bukit Belimbing cluster were detected on Dec 2 at a workplace, with 33 testing positive so far. The infections from the Kauran cluster were detected on Dec 30. To date 55 have been confirmed positive.

Cases at the Kapital and Setapak Indah clusters were detected on Jan 7, with 165 and 16 testing positive respectively.

Noor Hisham said three clusters ended today, namely the Jalan Bomba cluster, Makmur cluster and Galeri construction site cluster, bringing the total number of clusters that have ended to 319, while 257 clusters remained active, 57 of which reported an increase in cases.