PUTRAJAYA: The Health Ministry has identified 22 new Covid-19 clusters nationwide on Wednesday (May 19).
Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah (pic) said this is the most number of new clusters to be recorded in a single day.
Eight of the new clusters are outbreaks found at workplaces.
This includes the Jalan Tanjung Kupang cluster in Johor, which has 199 confirmed cases.
The outbreak was discovered from a targeted screening exercise conducted on 953 workers of a construction site in Gelang Patah, Johor.
The Jalan 223 PJ cluster is a workplace outbreak discovered among workers of a service company located at Seksyen 51A in Petaling Jaya.
A targeted screening exercise was conducted on 71 individuals, and 16 cases have been confirmed so far.
Seven clusters are community outbreaks, including the Kampung Limau cluster found in a village in Kuala Lumpur.
The index case of the cluster is a 20-year-old man who developed symptoms and later tested positive on May 12.
Screening conducted on 56 close contacts resulted in the discovery of at least 27 cases under the cluster.
Another six clusters are linked to religious activities.
There is also one cluster linked to an outbreak in a school.
