Nine new Covid-19 clusters

KUALA LUMPUR: The Health Ministry recorded nine new Covid-19 clusters Tuesday, bringing the total number of clusters detected in Malaysia since the beginning of the pandemic to 1,478.

Of this number, 344 are currently active. The other 1,134 clusters — including 10 announced Tuesday — have since ended.

On January 12, when the Perikatan Nasional government announced a nationwide Emergency to fight the third wave of the disease, there were 261 active clusters, 83 fewer than there were Tuesday.

Similarly, Tuesday there were 1,767 new Covid-19 cases — 298 more than the 1,469 cases recorded on January 12.