Sarawak records 12 deaths, including five BIDs from Oct 3 - Nov 9

KUCHING: Another 12 Covid19 deaths were recorded in Sarawak between Oct 3 and Nov 9, with three of them in Kuching, Sibu (3), Miri (2), Saratok (2), Lawas (1), and Bau (1).

The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said five were broughtin-dead (BID) cases, with two registered at Saratok Hospital. One was a 90-year-old woman from Betong who had hypertension.

Her body was brought to Saratok Hospital on Oct 3.

The other was a 75-year-old man, also from Betong, who had hypertension, diabetes and chronic kidney disease. His body was brought to the Saratok Hospital on Oct 13.

On Nov 4, two BID cases were recorded where one was a 90year-old woman from Limbang who needed assistance in her daily activities. Her body was brought to Lawas Hospital.

The other was a 75-year-old woman from Sibu who had hypertension, diabetes and chronic kidney disease, and was brought to Sibu Hospital.

The fifth BID was recorded in Kuching on Nov 8, involving an 85-year-old woman with hypertension and diabetes.

Her body was brought to Sarawak General Hospital (SGH). SDMC said Kuching’s two other fatalities involved victims who had underlying medical conditions.

One was a 57-year-old man from Betong with hypertension who died in SGH on Nov 8, while the other was a 73-yearold woman from Kuching with hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia who died on Nov 9 in SGH.

Also from Kuching was an 84year-old man who had chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who died in Bau Hospital on Nov 6. Sibu’s two other Covid deaths involved a 75-year-old woman and 63-year-old man.

The former had hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia and cancer, while the latter had hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia. Both died in Sibu Hospital on Nov 8 and 9, respectively.

Miri’s two cases involved a 48-year-old man with hypertension, diabetes and obesity who died in Miri Hospital on Nov 8, and a 68year-old man with hypertension and diabetes who also died in Miri Hospital on Nov 9.

The state’s pandemic death toll now stands at 1,478.