Two positive Covid-19 cases were reported today, both local transmissions involving Malaysians, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said this brings the cumulative figure of positive cases in Malaysia to 9,001, including 208 active cases with infectivity.
“No imported cases which were infected overseas were reported today. The local transmission cases comprise one from the Sivagangga PUI Cluster in Kedah and one in the Federal Territory of Labuan, detected from a random screening of college students,” he told a media conference on Covid-19.
He said four cases were discharged today, bringing the total number of recoveries to 8,668, or 96.3 percent of the cumulative figure of cases.
One patient is being treated in intensive care.
No new fatalities were reported, keeping the death toll at 125.
Elaborating on the Sivagangga PUI Cluster, Dr Noor Hisham said the index case is a restaurant owner who returned to Malaysia from India and failed to observe the Home Surveillance Order (HSO).
His non-compliance had resulted in a major spread of infections in the cluster. So far, 425 people have been screened and of this number, 21 were tested positive, 362 negative and 42 are still awaiting their results.
“The infections were also confirmed through the active case detection conducted by the government. However, the District Health Office and State Health Department faced challenges in tracing all close contacts because the shop did not use the MySejahtera app,” he added.
Dr Noor Hisham said the case reported today from the cluster, case number 9,000, was a regular customer of the restaurant.