COVID-19: 82 new cases, 64 in Sabah - KKM DG
BERNAMA
26/09/2020 07:13 PM
KUALA LUMPUR, September 26 -- Sabah continued to record the highest number of new COVID-19 infections after 64 of the total 82 cases in the country were reported in the state today.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said of the 82 cases, 79 were local transmissions while the other three were import cases, bringing the case tally in the country to 10,769 with 133 deaths.
Of the 79 local transmissions, 53 involved Malaysians while 26 more were foreigners, he said.
“As for the new cases in Sabah, 33 were from the Benteng LD cluster, 25 from the Bangau-Bangau cluster, three were symptomatic screenings, one was at the international entry point, one influenza-like illness (ILI) case at the Tawau health clinic and one screening case at the Likas Women’s and Children’s hospital,” he said in a statement today.
The other local transmissions involved three cases in Negeri Sembilan, two of whom had returned from a high-risk area (Sabah) and an exit point screening case involving a foreigner and three cases in Kuala Lumpur, all of whom had returned from Sabah.
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Kluster terbesar, Kluster Benteng LD melaporkan 33 kes baharu menjadikan 776 positif setakat ini. 23 virus dari kluster ini mempunyai mutasi D614G yang mudah menjangkiti, cepat merebak. Tingkatkan kawalan kendiri untuk lindungi diri.
