Covid-19 (Feb 4): 4,571 new cases, 17 deaths

COVID-19 | The Health Ministry today reported 4,571 new cases and 17 deaths.

New cases in Sabah - the epicentre of Covid-19 cases late last year - continue to be on a downward trajectory (175) since Jan 23. 

Johor, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor are still on an upward trend since the start of the second movement control order (Jan 13). Trends are less clear for other regions.

The scheduled Covid-19 media briefing by the Health Ministry today was cancelled for reasons unknown.

• Active cases: 48,771 (New record)
• Patients in ICU: 308
• Intubated: 135
• RT-PCR tests*: N/A (Jan 21 - 48,728 tests processed, 76,255 capacity)
• Number of samples taken**: 60,752

In Selangor, there were 260 new cases which were detected among those reporting symptoms but are not yet linked to clusters or close contacts. 

This is the highest figure noted since Malaysiakini began recording this category of new cases for Selangor. Those with symptoms are more likely to spread Covid-19 compared to those who are asymptomatic.

This category of figures cannot be discerned for two other hotspots - Kuala Lumpur and Johor - as the data is not made available. 

For a detailed list of new cases according to state, scroll to the bottom of this article.

Deaths

The cumulative Covid-19 death toll has reached 826. Among the 17 victims was a four-month-old baby with heart problems. 

There were three victims who were brought to the hospital dead. Among them were two who were under 40 years of age, one of which had no comorbidity.

Four deaths were reported in Selangor and three in Sabah and Sarawak respectively. Details of the victims are on Malaysiakini Covid-19 tracker page.

Clusters

The Health Ministry today classified 10 new clusters of which four involved community spread.

One of the clusters - Rantau Tanjung - involved a social event in Pahang that took place on Jan 16.

One cluster involved an unnamed educational institute in Jalan Gombak where more than 1,000 people were screened.

Jalan Industri Rawang cluster
District(s): Gombak, Selangor
Locality/Source: Factory in Rawang Integrated Industrial Park
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: Feb 3, targeted screening
Total infected: 23 out of 156 screened

Jalan Gombak cluster
District(s): Gombak, Sepang, Petaling, Hulu Langat, Selangor; Cheras, Kuala Lumpur
Locality/Source: Educational institute in Jalan Gombak
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: Jan 18, index case had symptoms
Total infected: 41 out of 1,100 screened

Jalan Jasmine cluster
District(s): Hulu Selangor, Selangor
Locality/Source: Factory in Jalan Jasmine, Bukit Beruntung
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: Feb 4, targeted screening
Total infected: 61 out of 1,664 screened

Parit Penyengat cluster
District(s): Muar, Johor
Locality/Source: Factory in Lot Parit Penyengat Darat, Muar
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: Feb 4, targeted screening
Total infected: A out of B screened

Jalan Pengiran cluster
District(s): Matu, Sarawak
Locality/Source: Government office in Jalan Pengiran, Matu
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: Jan 24, index case had symptoms
Total infected: 20 out of 113 screened

Permata Satu cluster
District(s): Seremban, Negeri Sembilan
Locality/Source: Factory in Jalan Permata 1, Arab Malaysian Industrial Park, Nilai
Cluster category: Workplace
First case: Jan 23, targeted screening
Total infected: 31 out of 532 screened

Kampung Lukut cluster
District(s): Kota Tinggi, Johor
Locality/Source: Kampung Lukut
Cluster category: Community
First case: Jan 28, index case had symptoms
Total infected: 15 out of 33 screened

Jalan Jelutong cluster
District(s): Kota Tinggi, Johor
Locality/Source: Jalan Jelutong, Taman Desaru Utama, Bandar Penawar
Cluster category: Community
First case: Jan 27, index case had symptoms
Total infected: 7 out of 54 screened

Kampung Pulau Jawa cluster
District(s): Pekan, Pahang
Locality/Source: Kampung Pulau Jawa,
Cluster category: Community
First case: Jan 29, index case had symptoms
Total infected: 16 out of 37 screened

Rantau Tanjung cluster
District(s): Maran, Pahang
Locality/Source: Social event, unspecified, occurred on Jan 16
Cluster category: Community
First case: Jan 27, index case had symptoms.
Total infected: 14 out of 21 screened

New cases by state:

Selangor (2,056)
Existing clusters: 624
New clusters: 7 (Jalan Industri Rawang, Jalan Gombak and Jalan Jasmine;)
Close contacts: 727
Imported: 2
Other screenings: 696

Johor (664)
Existing clusters: 340
New cluster(s): 44 (Parit Penyengat, Kampung Lukut, dan Jalan Jelutong)
Close contacts: 150
Other screenings: 130

Kuala Lumpur (481)
Existing clusters: 76
New clusters: 1 (Jalan Gombak)
Close contacts: 201
Imported: 1
Other screenings: 202

Sarawak (270)
Existing clusters: 106
New cluster(s): 12 (Jalan Pengiran)
Close contacts: 86
Other screenings: 66

Malacca (238)
Existing clusters: 211
Close contacts: 15
Other screenings: 12

Sabah (175)
Existing clusters: 8
Close contacts: 124
Other screenings: 43

Perak (163)
Existing clusters: 103
Close contacts: 36
Other screenings: 24

Penang (157)
Existing clusters: 46
Close contacts: 22
Other screenings: 89

Negeri Sembilan (100)
Existing clusters: 3
New clusters: 7 (Permata Satu)
Close contacts: 28
Other screenings: 62

Pahang (78)
Existing clusters: 56
New clusters: 8 (Rantau Tanjung and Kampung Pulau Jawa)
Close contacts: 10
Other screenings: 4

Terengganu (69)
Existing clusters: 7
Close contacts: 47
Other screenings: 15

Kedah (51)
Existing clusters: 14
Close contacts: 19
Other screenings: 18

Kelantan (48)
Existing clusters: 2
Close contacts: 34
Other screenings: 12

Putrajaya (20)
Existing clusters: 4
Close contacts: 5
Other screenings: 11

Labuan (1)
Other screenings: 1

*RT PCR statistics are only announced when health director-general conducts a media briefing in Putrajaya. The last briefing was on Jan 21.

**This figure is derived from subtracting today's sampling number with the day before's. The Health Ministry's testing definition is RT PCR and RTK Antigen.

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