PETALING JAYA: A record high of 37 new Covid-19 clusters were recorded on Friday (July 16).

       Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said there were now a total of 893 active clusters in the country.

       He said of the 37 new clusters, 19 were detected at the workplace while eight were linked to community transmission.

       Another four were detected at detention centres, three were linked to high-risk groups and the remaining three were linked to educational centres, he said.

       Dr Noor Hisham said Johor had eight of the new clusters followed by Selangor (five) and Penang (four).

       The last record high number of clusters was 30 clusters reported on July 9.