PUTRAJAYA: Six out of eight Covid-19 clusters detected in the country as of noon today are linked to workplaces.
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the total number of active clusters in the country currently stands at 201.
"The Pekapuri cluster is a workplace cluster involving the Gombak district in Selangor. The cluster recorded positive cases on Dec 21 after targeted screening at the workplace.
"As of Dec 21, of the 769 individuals screened, 202 tested positive for Covid-19 under this cluster," he said, during a press conference, here, today.
Another workplace cluster, Batu Besar in the Klang district, was detected on Dec 18, also after a targeted screening at the workplace.
Of the 546 individuals screened, 59 tested positive under this cluster in the past 24 hours.
The Tower cluster is another workplace cluster in Gombak, Hulu Langat and Sepang in Selangor; Titiwangsa and Cheras districts in Kuala Lumpur; and alsoTemerloh district in Pahang.
As of Dec 21, some 1,154 individuals have been screened, of which 20 turned out positive.
The Kepong district in Kuala Lumpur also recorded a workplace cluster today. The Pelangi construction site cluster logged 23 positive cases today after 142 individuals were tested during a targeted screening exercise at a construction site.
As for the Wawasan cluster, Dr Noor Hisham said the index case (Case-88,426) tested positive for Covid-19 on Dec 17 through a screening of symptomatic individuals.
"The cluster involves the Petaling district, Selangor; the Lembah Pantai district in Kuala Lumpur and also Putrajaya.
"As of Dec 21, some 44 individuals have been screened, and six of them tested positive under this cluster," he said.
Meanwhile, the Delima cluster involved the Titiwangsa district in Kuala Lumpur as well as the Gombak and Hulu Langat districts in Selangor.
"The index case for this cluster (Case-84,410) tested positive on Dec 14. As of noon today, eight out of the 51 individuals screened tested positive," he said.
Penang also reported a workplace cluster called the May Indah cluster, involving the Timur Laut, Barat Daya, Seberang Perai Utara, Seberang Perai Tengah and Seberang Perai Selatan districts.
"The first two cases for this cluster (Case-78,218 and Case-78,219) tested positive on Dec 10 after a targeted screening at the workplace.
"As of today, 27 of the 132 individuals screened were found positive," he said.
Another workplace cluster known as the J Bandar cluster emerged in Labuan after the index case (Case-87,879) tested positive on Dec 16 during a targeted screening exercise at the workplace.
As of noon today, 25 out of the 84 individuals screened tested positive for Covid-19 under this cluster.
Six clusters ended today, namely the Teja Kasih, Permatang, Kejora, Bayan, Numbak and Danau clusters.