Covid-19: Cases in S’wak still in triple figures, death tally unchanged

Subis, Bau, Mukah, Samarahan, Bukit Mabong and Selangau districts each also recorded one new case.

Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 220 new Covid-19 cases with no fatalities yesterday, said State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman, Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah.

He said Bintulu registered the highest number of cases at 57, followed by Sibu with 54, Miri (37), Kapit (20), Kuching (12), Julau (10), Dalat (eight), Sarikei (five), Meradong (five), Betong (four), and Song (two).

“Subis, Bau, Mukah, Samarahan, Bukit Mabong and Selangau districts each also recorded one new case.

“The total number of positive cases in the state has now increased to 9,765,” he told a press conference here when updating on the Covid-19 situation in the state.

Uggah said Bintulu cases were mainly detected from screenings at a locality in the district, which was at risk of Covid-19 infection.

“A total of 33 cases were recorded from the screenings, while another 23 cases were detected from individuals who were screened through active case detection (ACD) of contacts to Covid-19 positive cases. The district also recorded one positive case involving a symptomatic individual at a health centre,” he said.

On Sibu’s 54 cases, Uggah said 47 were detected from individuals who were screened via ACD, four from individuals who went for screenings at health centres in the district, and one involving a symptomatic individual at a health centre.

“There was also a case involving the Gelong Cluster, which had been categorised as an Import C case as the individual was infected in Kapit,” he said.

He also said Sibu recorded an Import B case involving a Sarawakian who had returned from Selangor.

In Miri, 27 cases were detected from individuals who were screened via ACD, said Uggah, adding that seven other cases were from screening of individuals and three involving symptomatic persons.

For Kuching, Uggah said there were five Import B cases, all involving Sarawakians who had returned from Kuala Lumpur (three), Selangor (one) and Labuan (one).

“Two clusters in the district also recorded an increase of cases, namely the Jalan Green Cluster with three, and Emperoh Jambu Cluster with one,” he said.

He added that two cases in Kuching were from individuals who went to health centres, while another was found positive via ACD.

In Julau and Dalat, all cases recorded in these two districts yesterday were from ACD, while the five cases in Sarikei comprised one from ACD, two involving symptomatic individuals, one from individual screening, and one involving a returnee from Perak.

“All five cases in Meradong involved the Sungai Bakong Cluster; Betong had two linked to the Jalan Muhibbah Cluster, one from ACD, and one involving a symptomatic individual; while Song’s two cases are from the Pasai Cluster.

“The one case each in Selangau, Bau, Subis and Mukah, was from ACD; Bukit Mabong’s sole case was from a screening of a symptomatic individual, while the one in Samarahan was an Import B case where person was infected in Sabah,” Uggah said.

Meanwhile, there were 199 new Covid-19 recoveries yesterday, he said – of which 82 were at Sibu Hospital, 47 at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) in Kuching, 30 from Bintulu Hospital, 22 from the quarantine and low-risk patients treatment centre (PKRC) under Kapit Hospital, 17 from Sarikei Hospital, and one from Miri Hospital.

“The total number of recoveries in Sarawak has now increased to 7,263 – or 74.38 per cent out of the overall cases.”

Uggah also said the number of active cases being treated in hospitals and PKRCs throughout Sarawak yesterday stood at 2,385 – 1,059 in Sibu Hospital, 340 in SGH and PKRC Kuching, 327 in Bintulu Hospital and PKRC Bintulu, 197 in Miri Hospital and PKRC Miri, 193 in Kapit Hospital and PKRC Kapit, 190 in Sarikei Hospital and PKRC Sarikei, 44 in Betong Hospital and PKRC Betong, and 35 in Sri Aman Hospital and PKRC Sri Aman.