PUTRAJAYA: One Covid-19 case was reported among flood victims, bringing the number of cases to 461, says Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic).

       He said there were no new clusters at evacuation centres on Monday (Jan 3), with only one cluster reported so far.

       A total of 3,535 recoveries were reported, bringing the cumulative number to 2,695,751.

       Dr Noor Hisham said of the 2,690 new cases reported, 300 were imported cases involving 278 Malaysians and 22 foreigners.

       “The Health Ministry reported three new clusters, bringing the number of active clusters to 206,” he said in a statement on Monday.

       Malaysia had recorded 6,137 clusters since the pandemic began in March 2020.

       Dr Noor Hisham said that 265 cases required treatment in the intensive care units, of which 188 are Covid-19 confirmed patients, 77 suspected, probable and cases under investigation.

       Of the reported daily cases, 52 cases (1.9%) are in categories 3,4 and 5.

       “A total of 2,638 patients or 98.1% are those in categories 1 and 2,” he said.

       The Covid-19 infectivity rate or R-nought (Rt) in Malaysia for Jan 2 was 0.99, with Johor showing the highest at 1.01 followed by Kelantan (1.00) and Pahang (0.96).

       A total of 32 new clusters were reported for epidemiology week 52 (Dec 26-Jan 1) of which 18 involved workplaces.

       The rest were community clusters (five), import (four), educational institutions (two) and one cluster each involving a high-risk group, religious activity and detention centre.