The new cluster, called the Sungai cluster, involves two healthcare workers at a medical centre, health director-general Noor Hisham Abdullah said.

The first patient had developed symptoms on Aug 30 but did not seek any treatment. A Covid-19 screening test on Saturday was positive. The second case was a close contact, another healthcare worker, who developed symptoms on Sept 5 and sought treatment. A test came out positive.

“The two cases were admitted to Sultanah Bahiyah Hospital, Alor Setar, for isolation and treatment,” Noor Hisham said.

The 50 new cases in Sabah were from the Benteng Lahad Datu cluster, which began when two undocumented migrants held at Lahad Datu district police headquarters were found positive for Covid-19 on Aug 31 and were admitted to the Lahad Datu Hospital.

Within a week, 66 other tests turned up positive, including a prison officer and a relative. The others were all detainees.

Noor Hisham said the monitoring and surveillance on four Covid-19 clusters in Kedah had ended today.

The Sivagangga cluster recorded 45 cases, Muda cluster (three cases), Meranti cluster (two cases) and Kurau cluster (five cases).

In Penang, a private clinic in Ayer Itam was closed for disinfection after a confirmed Covid-19 patient was found to have sought treatment at the clinic last Tuesday. He had visited the clinic for diarrhoea treatment.

The four nurses and two doctors on duty and patients present have been sent for screening and close monitoring, the clinic said today.

Penang recorded a new Covid-19 case yesterday, and another case today, a close contact of the first patient.

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