COVID-19 | There have been 58 new cases of Covid-19 in the country, of which 53 were local infections.

Of those local infections, 48 cases were in Sabah, including 44 from the Benteng LD cluster and three from the new Laut cluster.

One other case was detected from pre-surgery screening in Kota Kinabalu.

There were also five new cases from the Sungai cluster in Kedah.

In a statement today, Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the Benteng LD cluster now had 381 positive cases.

Of this, 361 are inmates, two are prison staff, three are their relatives and 15 are close contacts.

Another 1,830 people in Tawau and 714 in Lahad Datu are awaiting their test results.

Meanwhile, the Laut cluster is an outbreak among undocumented migrants in Kunak, Sabah.

The cluster case was a Filipino who was deported on Aug 27. However, he slipped back in illegally on Sept 5 to visit his wife.

The wife later tested positive on Aug 8 after being screened during a hospital transfer from Kunak to Tawau, due to postpartum haemorrhage.

Contact tracing uncovered two more infections, that is the couple's child and one neighbour. A total of 49 Filipino nationals have been tested with 31 awaiting results.

As for the Sungai cluster in Kedah, it now has 56 cases in total, with 6,014 people in the state still awaiting their test results.

Nationwide, there were eight recoveries today, with the total number of active cases at 551.

Nine patients are in critical care, with five requiring ventilators.