184 new cases, two deaths in Sabah
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah recorded 184 new Covid-19 cases yesterday, said State Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Masidi Manjun.
Masidi, who is also the state's Covid-19 official spokesperson, said Kota Kinabalu recorded the highest number of cases with 61 cases followed by Tawau (33) and Penampang (23).
“Out of the 184 cases, 98 (53.3%) were from the the close contact screenings in 12 districts, 37 (20.1%) were from symptomatic screenings, 13 (7%) were from the existing and new clusters, seven (3.8%) were from community screenings and another 29 (15.8%) were from other categories,” said Masidi in a statement yesterday.
He said 12 districts, namely Kota Kinabalu, Tawau, Penampang, Lahad Datu, Tuaran, Sandakan, Putatan, Papar, Kota Belud, Semporna, Kudat and Keningau were still classified as red zones.
Kunak district has now been reclassified from a green zone to a yellow zone after it registered one new case yesterday.
He disclosed that Sabah recorded two fatalities yesterday, one in Kota Kinabalu and another in Sandakan.
Masidi added that the state had also recorded one new cluster dubbed as the Maringkan Cluster in Ranau, which currently has a total of 11 registered cases.
It is understood that the cluster originated from a land grant meeting in the said district.
A total of 263 Covid-19 patients in the state had recovered from the virus yesterday.
Meanwhile, health directorgeneral Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said yesterday a total of 1,220 new Covid-19 cases, along with 1,297 recoveries and three deaths were reported in the country over the last 24 hours.
“Of the new cases, six were imported who got infected abroad and the remaining 1,214 were local transmissions,” he said.
Selangor remains the state with the highest number of daily new cases with 368 followed by Kuala Lumpur (297) and Sabah (184).
The three deaths reported yesterday involved men aged 36 to 81, with a history of diseases.
Two of the fatalities were in Sabah while the other was in Johor, Dr Noor Hisham said.
“To date, there are 106 cases being treated at the Intensive Care Unit (ICU), of which 53 are intubated,” he said.