Covid-19 (June 19) - 5,911 new cases, June death toll crosses 1.5k
COVID-19 | The Health Ministry reported 5,911 new Covid-19 cases over the past 24 hours.
There were also 72 deaths reported, pushing the death toll for June alone to 1,552. Total fatalities in May were 1,289.
Recoveries, though, outpaced new infections, lowering the number of active cases.
Active cases: 64,523
Patients in ICU: 886
Intubated: 441
New cases by states
Today's new cases were a slight decline after daily fresh infections climbed above 6,000 for the first time in a week yesterday.
However, new cases in Selangor remain elevated, climbing to 2,111. This is the state's highest number in eight days.
The situation in Negeri Sembilan also remains worrying. The state recorded 770 new cases today.
It is the state with the second-highest number of new daily cases for the fourth consecutive day.
Selangor (2111)
Negeri Sembilan (770)
Sarawak (569)
Johor (498)
Kuala Lumpur (483)
Perak (245)
Kelantan (223)
Kedah (204)
Sabah (201)
Labuan (185)
Penang (167)
Malacca (134)
Terengganu (62)
Pahang (56)
Putrajaya (3)
Perlis (0)
Deaths
The 72 fatalities today brought the national death toll to 4,348.
The new deaths were recorded in Selangor (23), Kuala Lumpur (15), Negeri Sembilan (7), Pahang (6), Sarawak (5), Johor (5), Labuan (3), Kelantan (2), Penang (2), Sabah (1), Perak (1), Malacca (1) and Kedah (1).
The youngest victim was a 29-year-old woman.
The remaining fatalities were patients aged between 33 and 90.
For a detailed breakdown of the reported deaths today, please refer to our Covid-19 tracker site.
Clusters
A total of 824 out of 2,604 clusters are still active. This includes the 24 new clusters reported today.
Details of the new clusters are as follow:
Tapak Bina Perdagangan Dana
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Petaling
Total infected: 324 out of 482 screened
Jalan Tujuh Selatan Dua
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Sepang, Hulu Langat, Klang, Kuala Langat, Kuala Selangor, Petaling
Total infected: 50 out of 530 screened
Tanjung Bin Dua
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Pontian
Total infected: 46 out of 926 screened
Industri Jalan P1 Ayer Keroh
Category: Workplace
State(s): Malacca
District(s): Melaka Tengah, Jasin
Total infected: 32 out of 147 screened
Jalan Kenyalang
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bharu
Total infected: 28 out of 273 screened
Dah Industri Jabi
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kedah
District(s): Kota Setar
Total infected: 26 out of 48 screened
Industri Jalan Dua
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Gombak, Hulu Langat, Petaling
Total infected: 22 out of 212 screened
Jalan Kempas Lima
Category: Workplace
State(s): Johor
District(s): Johor Bahru, Kluang
Total infected: 16 out of 211 screened
Tapak Bina Jalan Perumahan Gurney
Category: Workplace
State(s): Kuala Lumpur
District(s): Titiwangsa
Total infected: 16 out of 327 screened
Industri Alam Jaya 2/1
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Kuala Selangor, Klang
Total infected: 13 out of 61 screened
Jalan Vita Dua
Category: Workplace
State(s): Selangor
District(s): Sepang
Total infected: 11 out of 65 screened
Selindang
Category: Workplace
State(s): Pahang
District(s): Lipis
Total infected: 9 out of 172 screened
Taman Merbau Utama
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Pasir Puteh, Kota Bahru
Total infected: 41 out of 203 screened
Kampung Bedal
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Kuala Krai
Total infected: 35 out of 65 screened
Mongkos 2
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Tebedu, Kuching
Total infected: 22 out of 70 screened
Jalan Tengah
Category: Community
State(s): Johor
District(s): Mersing
Total infected: 22 out of 206 screened
Sungai Banun
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Meradong
Total infected: 20 out of 86 screened
Tebakang Dayak
Category: Community
State(s): Sarawak
District(s): Serian
Total infected: 18 out of 95 screened
Taman Damai
Category: Community
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Machang, Jeli
Total infected: 6 out of 24 screened
Tembok Mantin
Category: Detention Centre
State(s): Negeri Sembilan
District(s): Seremban
Total infected: 101 out of 215 screened
Tembok Labuan
Category: Detention Centre
State(s): Labuan
District(s): Labuan
Total infected: 48 out of 322 screened
Tembok Kluang
Category: Detention Centre
State(s): Johor
District(s): Kluang
Total infected: 28 out of 152 screened
Tembok Machang
Category: Detention Centre
State(s): Kelantan
District(s): Machang
Total infected: 21 out of 54 screened
Dah Tiong
Category: Kumpulan Berisiko
State(s): Kedah
District(s): Kuala Muda
Total infected: 29 out of 49 screened
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