Covid-19: 419 new cases in Sarawak, two more deaths

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Health Department personnel conducting a Covid-19 swab tests recently.

KUCHING (May 5): Sarawak today recorded 419 new Covid-19 cases along with two deaths, the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said.

The committee said in its Covid-19 daily update that 61 per cent of the cases were detected in Sibu, Mukah, Kanowit and Bintulu districts. With the new cases, the state’s total infections had risen to 33,086.

Sibu topped the list of new cases with 133 followed by Mukah (35), Kuching (33), Kanowit (28), Bintulu (27), Kapit (25), Selangau (18), Serian (17), Pakan (15), Miri (15), Bukit Mabong (11), Belaga (10), Lundu (10), Tebedu (9), Betong (6), Meradong (5), Song (4), Sri Aman (3), Beluru (3), Julau (3), Sebauh (3), Samarahan (2), Lubok Antu (1), Limbang (1), Bau (1) and Sarikei (1).

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This was an improvement compared to yesterday where the state recorded 620 new cases along with four deaths.

The fatalities were recorded in Sarikei and Miri respectively, bringing the total number of deaths in the state to date at 190, said SDMC.

The 189th death is a 48-year-old woman who was admitted into the Sarikei Hospital after complaining of fever and breathing difficulties.

SDMC said the woman was connected to the Ulu Strass Cluster.

Her rT-PCR test found she was positive for Covid-19 on April 21. However her condition deteriorated and she died on May 4.

SDMC said the woman had high blood pressure, diabetes and dyslipidemia.

The 190th death involved a 58-year-old Malaysian man born overseas who was referred to the Miri Hospital after he was tested positive for Covid-19 at the Columbia Asia Hospital on April 26.

The committee said the man was coughing and had breathing difficulties. He died on May 5.

The man was diabetic and had high blood pressure, said SDMC.

Meanwhile, there are 6,301 active cases being treated in hospitals and low risk quarantine and treatment centres (PKRC) across Sarawak to date.

SDMC’s data showed that 885 were in the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) here; 1,164 in Sibu Hospital and PKRC, 1,455 in Bintulu Hospital, 792 in Miri Hospital, 346 in Sarikei Hospital, 965 in Kapit Hospital and PKRC, 69 in Betong PKRC, 309 in Mukah PKRC, 180 in Serian PKRC, one in Lawas PKRC, five in Semuja Immigration Depot PKRC, 105 in Sri Aman Hospital and six in Sri Aman Prison PKRC.

At the same time, SDMC said 367 cases had recovered and were discharged from hospitals and PKRC across the state.

From the Sibu Hospital and PKRC, 125 were recorded followed by Miri Hospital and PKRC (84), Kapit Hospital and PKRC (62), SGH and Kuching PKRC (42), Mukah PKRC (22), Sarikei Hospital and PKRC (14), Betong PKRC (12), Sri Aman Hospital (4) and Serian PKRC (2).

The total number of recovery cases to date is 26,519 or about 80.15 per cent of the cumulative cases in the state.

SDMC also reported 419 new person-under-investigation (PUI) cases and 228 new person-under-surveillance (PUS) being recorded today.

All in all, 7,488 PUI cases were being quarantined in 103 locations throughout the state.