Rahmad said those who tested positive for Covid-19 had admitted they had visited their relatives and other family members even though they were prohibited from doing so.

“It is true some of the new clusters were due to non-compliance with SOPs. These people had been secretly visiting their family members.

“Some even travelled inter-district and interstate. This contributed to the surge in cases,” he told Bernama here today.

Yesterday, the media reported that Melaka had recorded 212 cases, its highest number of daily Covid-19 infections, with four fatalities.

Rahmad said one of the new clusters, believed to be due to the Raya visits, was the Batu Lapan Bukit Rambai cluster, in which the index case was a 70-year-old man.

As of yesterday, 28 of his close contacts had been screened and 12 tested positive, he added.

Meanwhile, Kelantan state health department (JKNK) director Dr Zaini Hussin said the spread of Covid-19 infection in the Tumpat and Sungai Pinang subdistricts was also believed to be due to Hari Raya visits.

Elaborating, he said a woman in her 30s, who lives in the Bunut Susu subdistrict, Pasir Mas, who happened to be a close contact of a confirmed case, had returned to Kampung Teluk Renjuna for the Raya festivities.

Zaini said JKNK received information on her whereabouts from the Pasir Mas district health office on May 11 and the woman was confirmed positive for Covid-19 on May 13.

“We cannot determine if the woman had visited other places or who had visited her at her house.

“Now, so many people are involved,” he said.