The Benteng LD cluster in Sabah continues to fuel most of Malaysia’s growing number of Covid-19 cases today, accounting for 40 of the 45 new infections reported today.

Health Ministry director-general Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the 40 new cases were all detected at the Tawau prison, involving 34 prisoners and six family members of the prison staff.

There was only one imported case for today – a Malaysian returning from Brazil.