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KUCHING (Feb 9): Sarawak recorded 111 new Covid-19 cases along with two new deaths in Sibu today, said State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement.
The new deaths have brought the death toll in the state to 55.
Meanwhile the 111 new cases were detected in Sibu (54), Miri (21), Bintulu (12), Dalat (7), Kanowit (6), Kapit (5), Beluru (2), Kuching (2), Lawas (1) and Betong (1).
This brought the total number of positive Covid-19 cases in Sarawak to 5,871 cases.
The 54th death involved a 66-year-old Sarawakian woman who was admitted to Sibu Hospital on Jan 30. The case was tested positive by rT-PCR test through close contact tracing of a positive case on Jan 15.
Her health deteriorated and she was pronounced dead on Feb 8 at 1.14 pm. The case has co-morbidities of high blood pressure and diabetes. The case was from the Pasai Cluster.
The 55th death involved a 54-year-old Sarawakian man who was referred to and admitted into Sibu Hospital on Jan 21, after he experienced symptoms of fever, cough and cold starting Jan 10.
The rT-PCR test screening was conducted on Jan 22 and was found to be positive on the same day. The case had been given respiratory assistance but he deteriorated. He was confirmed dead on Feb 8 at 4.04 pm. The case also had co-morbidity of high blood pressure.
In Sibu, 44 new cases were results of screening at healthcare centre in Sibu District, while seven were individuals screened through active case detection due to contact with positive cases. Two were results of screening involving symptomatic individuals, and one case was from the screening of health workers in the district.
In Miri, ten cases were from screening of symptomatic individuals, five were individuals screened through active case detection due to contact with positive cases, three were from screening at healthcare centre in Miri district, and two were from the screening of health workers in Miri district. One other case was categorised as imported from Beluru district, from the Seruas Cluster.
Meanwhile, out of Bintulu District’s 12 cases, six were from the Jun Heng Cluster, four were individuals screened through active case detection due to contact with positive cases, one was a result of screening healthcare workers in the district and one from the Rakut Cluster.
All seven new cases in Dalat District were individuals screened through active case detection in localities under Enhanced Movement Control Order (EMCO).
In Kanowit District, all six cases were from screening at healthcare centre in the district.
In Kapit District, three cases were results of active case detection due to contact with positive cases, one from the screening of a symptomatic individual at a healthcare centre in Kapit District, and one other a result of screening at healthcare centre in the district.
Both the Beluru District cases were from the Seruas Cluster.
In Kuching District, one was an imported case resulting from screening after returning from a high-risk infection area in the country (Kuala Lumpur), while the other was a result of screening at healthcare centre in the district.
The case in Lawas was a result of screening an individual returning from a high-risk infection area in the country (Sabah).
Betong District’s case was a result of screening through active case detection due to contact with positive case.
Meanwhile, SDMC informed that there were 121 cases of recovery and discharge for the day, with 77 from Sibu Hospital, 19 from Miri Hospital, 13 from Sarawak General Hospital (SGH), eight from Kapit Hospital and four from Bintulu Hospital.
“As of today, 3,977 or 67.74 per cent of total cases have recovered and discharged.
“A total of 1,816 cases are still being treated at hospitals. Out of that, 891 are in Sibu Hospital, 376 in Miri Hospital, 207 in Kapit Hospital, 161 in SGH, 155 in Bintulu Hospital, 24 in Sarikei Hospital, and one each in Limbang and Lawas Hospitals,” it said.
There were 137 new persons-under-investigation (PUI) reported for the day, with 24 still awaiting lab results.
This brings the cumulative total of PUIs to 17,680 to-date.
As for persons-under-surveillance (PUS), there were 261 individuals who have checked into designated quarantine centres for their compulsory quarantine Tuesday. This brings the total of current PUS to 6,165 individuals at 84 hotels and non-hotel quarantine centres statewide.
To-date, those who have completed their quarantine period numbered at 61,814.