MELAKA: A high infection rate among workers at a manufacturing plant in Tangga Batu here contributed to an all-time record of 1,120 daily Covid-19 cases reported in the state on Monday (Aug 16).
Melaka health and anti-drug committee chairman Datuk Rahmad Mariman said the Tangga Batu cluster alone accounted for 56.8% or 636 of the cases reported.
However, he said, the number of Category Three to Five patients reported statewide had reduced significantly with only 16 cases on Monday.
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