Dalat now red zone with 59 cases

KUCHING: Dalat is now classified as a Covid-19 red zone after 59 local infections were recorded in the district in the past two weeks, said Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah.

It is now the seventh district in the state to be classified as a Covid19 red zone.

The other districts are Bintulu, Kanowit, Beluru, Miri, Sibu and Kuching with a combined total of 1,683 local infection cases reported in the past 14 days.

The deputy chief minister also informed that Sarikei District’s status changed from yellow to orange with 21 locally transmitted cases reported in the last two weeks.

“The previously green Lawas is now classified as a yellow zone as it has recorded three local infection cases in the past two weeks,” he told a press conference here yesterday.

On the other hand, the Covid-19 situation in two districts improved yesterday with Sebauh now classified as a yellow zone with its remaining 11 local infection cases, and Limbang reverting back to a green zone after no local infections were reported over the past 14 days.

Three districts namely Subis, Betong and Song remain as orange zones with a total of 82 local infection cases reported while Telang Usang, Bukit Mabong, Tatau, Bau, Pakan, Serian, Belaga, Meradong, Julau, Kapit, Simunjan, Asajaya, Lubok Antu, Sarikei, Limbang, Selangau, Samarahan and Sri Aman remain as yellow zones with a total of 83 local infection cases reported in the past two weeks,” said Uggah.

Only 11 districts in Sarawak are classified as green zones.