COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 1,647 new Covid-19 cases and nine deaths in the 24-hour period ending noon today.

Malaysians made up the vast majority of the new cases (67.1 percent). Most of them were reported in the Klang Valley (48.6 percent) followed by Johor (10.32 percent) and Penang (10.3 percent).

New cases are generally trending lower throughout the country except for Sarawak (see chart below).

However, there was a relatively large number of new cases reported in Malacca because of an outbreak at an immigration detention centre.

Active cases: 17,544
Patients in ICUs: 147
Intubated: 61

Deaths

Of the nine new Covid-19 deaths reported today, five were reported in the Klang Valley which currently accounts for 35.3 percent of all Covid-19 deaths in the country.

The country's Covid-19 death toll stands at 1,200.

One of the victims - a Malaysian woman, aged 58 - was brought to the Sultanah Nora Ismail Hospital, Batu Pahat only after she died.

The age of the other victims ranged from 48 to 78. Details of the victims are on Malaysiakini's Covid-19 tracker page.

New detention centre cluster

Of the 440 active clusters nationwide, 65 registered new Covid-19 cases. None of the clusters had new cases in the triple digits.

The two clusters with the most active cases are the Queens Waterfront construction site cluster in Penang and the Sungai Gadut cluster in Negeri Sembilan.

Another five new clusters were classified by the Health Ministry today.

A new cluster involving a detention centre - DTI Machap Umboo - was detected when one of the detainees was screened for Covid-19 prior to being deported.

Teknologi Tenggara cluster
District(s): Batu Pahat, Johor
Locality/Source: Factory in Jalan Kluang
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: March 7, pre-departure screening
Total infected: 12 out of 146 screened

Jalan Masyhur Enam cluster
District(s): Johor Bahru, Johor
Locality/Source: Factory in Jalan Masyhur 6, Taman Perindustrian Cemerlang, Ulu Tiram
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: March 9, targeted screening
Total infected: 52 out of 173 screened

Tapak Bina Jalan Kenangan cluster
District(s): Klang, Selangor
Locality/Source: construction site in Jalan Kenangan, Pekan Meru KU/8, Klang
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: March 11, targeted screening
Total infected: 31 out of 121 screened

DTI Machap Umboo cluster
District(s): Alor Gajah, Malacca
Locality/Source: Detention centre in Jalan Alor Gajah-Selandar, Kampung Permai
Cluster category: Detention centre
First case: Feb 20, pre-deportation screening
Total infected: 83 out of 530 screened

Jambatan Satu Bombalai cluster
District(s): Kalabakan, Sabah
Locality/Source: Household in Kampung Jambatan 1, Bombalai
Cluster category: Community
First case: Feb 27, index case with symptoms
Total infected: 15 out of 41 screened

New cases in states, territories

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