PUTRAJAYA, 12 April 2020:
A total of 153 new positive Covid-19 cases have been reported as at noon today, bringing the cumulative figure in the country to 4,683, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah.
He said three more fatalities were also reported, raising the death toll to 76, or 1.62% of the total number of cases.
“A total of 66 positive cases are still being treated in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), with 37 of them requiring ventilators.
“Therefore, after deducting the discharged cases and deaths from the cumulative total, the number of active Covid-19 cases with infectivity is 2,499. They have been isolated and given treatment,” he told a daily media briefing at the Health Ministry here today.
The 74th death (Case 4,531) involved a 54-year-old Malaysian man with a history of diabetes, high blood pressure and kidney disease. “He was admitted to Hospital Tuanku Ja’afar Seremban, Negeri Sembilan on April 11 and was confirmed to have died at 1.50am today.
“The 75th fatality (Case 3,469) was a 90-year-old Malaysian man who had a history of diabetes, high blood pressure and heart disease. He was admitted to Hospital Taiping, Perak on April 1 and died at 5.23am today.”
Dr Noor Hisham said the 76th death (Case 4,314) involved a 47-year-old Malaysian woman with a history of high blood pressure. “She was admitted to the Sarawak General Hospital on April 8 and was confirmed to have died at 7.36am today.”
Dr Noor Hisham said 113 cases had recovered and were discharged today. “This brings the total number of fully recovered and discharged cases to 2,108 (45% of cumulative figure).”
The Ministry of Health has identified four Covid-19 new sub-clusters at several madrasahs (religious schools) and tahfiz schools that were related to the Sri Petaling tabligh gathering.
Dr Noor Hisham said the sub-clusters are madrasah in Jerantut, Pahang; madrasah in Penanti, Penang; madrasah in Sungai Lui (Selangor) and madrasah in Jasin (Melaka).
“Through close cooperation with the Department of Islamic Development Malaysia (JAKIM) and Sri Petaling Mosque Tabligh committee, MOH has identified the latest list of madrasah and tahfiz schools to help in detecting close contacts of the index cases from the Sri Petaling gathering.”
Following are the details of the sub-clusters:
Madrasah in Jerantut, Pahang:
- Number of people screened: 401
- 297 are students and the remaining are staff and their families.
- Number of positive cases: 62 (admitted to the Tengku Ampuan Afzan Hospital, Kuantan)
- Number of recovered/discharged: 20 cases
Madrasah in Penanti, Penang:
- Number of people screened: 291
- 256 are students and the remaining are staff
- Number of positive cases: 6 (2 still being treated at the Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital, Alor Setar, Kedah).
- Number of recovered/discharged: 4
Madrasah in Sungai Lui, Selangor:
- Number of people screened: 282
- 274 are students and another eight are staff
- Number of positive cases: 90 (admitted to the Sungai Buloh Hospital and the National Leprosy Control Centre)
- Number of recovered/discharged: 67
Madrasah in Jasin, Melaka:
- Number of people screened: 137
- 122 are students and the remaining are staff
- Number of positive cases: 37 (admitted to the Melaka Hospital)
- Number of recovered/discharged: 1 case
Dr Noor Hisham also said MoH would continue to cooperate with various agencies to identify and test all close contacts of the high-risk groups.
He also called on communities not to point fingers or discriminate against patients and those who were linked to Covid-19 clusters. “The most important thing is for us to help detect and treat those infected with the virus.”
– Bernama