Number of new Covid-19 clusters drops by one third


Aminah Farid

Director-general of health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah says 13 of today’s 24 new Covid-19 clusters are linked to the workplace. – The Malaysian Insight file pic, August 22, 2021.

A TOTAL of 24 new Covid-19 clusters were detected today, of which 13 were linked to workplaces.

The remaining 11 clusters came from the community, according to director-general of health Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.

He added that the clusters were located in Johor, Malacca, Penang, Selangor, Kelantan, Negri Sembilan, Pahang, Sabah and Sarawak.

This raises the number of active clusters to 1,436, and the total number of clusters to 4,442.

Workplace:

1. Jalan Istimewa Lapan in Johor Baru, Johor (44) 

2. Industri Jalan Haji Manan Kluang in Kluang, Joor (17) 

3. Jalan SME 1 in Kulai, Johor (10) 

4. Dermaga Halaman Timur in Johor Baru, Johor (8) 

5. Jalan TDB 1 in Melaka Tengah, Malacca (24) 

6. Industri Lot Tujuh in Melaka Tengah, Malacca (21) 

7. Industri Jalan Elkay Utama in Jasin, Malacca (39) 

8. Jalan Jinjang Aman in Kepong, Kuala Lumpur (10) 

9. Dataran Satria Perwira in Tampin, Negri Sembilan (52) 

10. Perusahaan Tupai 15 in Larut, Matang and Selama, Perak (9) 

11. Tapak Bina Jalan Gelugor 2 in Seberang Perai Utara, Penang (59) 

12. Industri Jalan Lundang in Tumpat and Kota Baru, Kelantan (8) 

13. Kampung Machang Gochoh in Pasir Mas, Kelantan (5) 

Community:

14. Kampung Durian Kudung in Bachok, Kelantan (20) 

15. Kampung Padang Tengah in Kota Baru, Kelantan (15) 

16. Kampung Pauh Temangan in Machang, Kelantan

17. Perumahan Jalan Padang Tembak in Kota Baru and Tanah Merah, Kelantan (20) 

18. Semada in Serian, Sarawak (58) 

19. Sungai Penyarai 2 in Tatau and Bintulu (57) 

20. Kampung Matang Lot in Kuching, Sarawak (21) 

21. Kampung Lintang Baru in Serian, Sarawak (62) 

22. Kampung Sungai Kabuk in Cameron Highlands, Pahang (13) 

23. Kampung Penangah in Tongod, Sabah (36) 

24. Jalan Besar Pudu in Sepang, Selangor (26). – August 22, 2021.


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