KUALA LUMPUR: Twelve of 16 new Covid-19 clusters registered by the Health Ministry yesterday involved education institutions where 242 people had been infected by the virus.
Data shared by the ministry on the CovidNow portal as of midnight last night indicated that the clusters recorded were in Kelantan (5), Johor (1), Melaka (1), Sabah (1), Putrajaya (1), Pahang (1) and Selangor (2).
In Kelantan, an accumulative 118 cases were reported in Pasir Mas and Kota Baru.
The Seksyen 17 Lembah Sireh 2 cluster in Kota Baru had the most infections with 48, followed by Kluster Lorong Taman Sri Darul Riyadh with 30 and Kluster Pasir Mas-Pohon Tanjung 2 with 21.
There were 11 and eight cases respectively in Kluster Jalan Darul Naim and Kluster Kampung Wakaf Zin.
In Tangkak, Johor, Kluster Tanjung Agas recorded seven cases.
In Melaka, Kluster Londang in Alor Gajah saw 27 cases while in Kota Belud, Sabah, Kluster Jubi Tambulion had 22 and there are 16 in Kluster Lebuh Karak 2 in Bentong, Pahang.
In Putrajaya, there are seven cases in Kluster Jalan Jati Bukit while in Selangor, there are 19 in Kluster Jalan Sungai Long 32 in Klang and 26 in Kluster Pasir Penambang in Kuala Selangor.
In the workplace and detention centre categories, Kluster Industri Pegoh 2 in Alor Gajah, Melaka and Kluster Tembok Kota Kinabalu 2 reported 120 and 104 cases respectively.
Separately, 31 new deaths were reported due to Covid-19, with 10 classified as Brought in Dead (BID) cases. This brings the nation's death toll to 32,180.
There were 2,034 admissions into hospitals nationwide yesterday with the highest in the Klang Valley (512), followed by Johor (414) and Sabah with 308.
Yesterday, 22,133 new Covid-19 cases were reported of which 22,053 were local infections with the rest being imported cases.
There are 182,965 active cases with 170,635 people under home quarantine while 5,517 others are at Low Risk Covid-19 Quarantine and Treatment Centres.
There are 6,619 people hospitalised where 120 are ventilated in Intensive Care Units while 74 are unventilated.
Up to 7,584 people recovered from the virus yesterday.