Putrajaya, 17 August- A total of 12 new cases of COVID-19 were recorded in Malaysia today, reported the Ministry of Health Malaysia (MOH).
From that figure, a total of 10 cases involved local transmission while the other two were import cases.
A total of seven additions were recorded involving the Tawar Cluster and two cases involving the Sala Cluster, both in Kedah. Another case was detected in the symptomatic screening in Selangor involving a local citizen.
Meanwhile, the import case involved two non-citizens who arrived in Kuala Lumpur from abroad.
No new deaths were reported.
Terkini. 17 Ogos. Sebanyak 12 kes baharu #COVID19 hari ini iaitu 10 tempatan dan 2 import.
Antara kes tempatan ialah 7 dari Kluster Tawar dan 2 kes Kluster Sala.
Tiada kematian dan kluster baharu dilaporkan.
— KKMalaysia🇲🇾 (@KKMPutrajaya) August 17, 2020
PERINCIAN KES BAHARU (12)
KL – 2
2 kes import BWN tiba dari luar negaraSELANGOR – 1
1 kes WN saringan bergejalaKEDAH – 6
4 kes WN Kluster Tawar
2 kes WN Kluster SalaP. PINANG – 3
3 kes WN Kluster Tawar pic.twitter.com/wM6Cy8KR79— KKMalaysia🇲🇾 (@KKMPutrajaya) August 17, 2020
Sources: KKM
