COVID-19: Six new clusters detected, active clusters now total 70

KUALA LUMPUR:Six more new clusters have been found today involving four clusters in Sabah and one each in Selangor and Penang.

Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the new clusters bring the total active clusters nationwide to 70.

Among the clusters identified in Sabah are Semarak cluster, Bina cluster, Sabindo cluster and Bestari cluster while in Selangor, it is the Bah Kenangan cluster and the Penjara Jawi cluster in Penang.

"The Semarak cluster was identified in Tawau district with the index case for the cluster (case 12200th ) identified COVID-19 positive from screening on a symptomatic individual on Oct 3 and was admitted to the Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Close contact screenings found 13 more positive cases," he said in a virtual media conference via the Health Ministry Facebook site today.

Commenting on the Bina cluster identified in Beaufort, Sabah, he said the index case for the cluster (Case number 15575th) was detected positive for COVID-19 from admission screening at Sipitang Hospital on Oct 10.