A health worker conducts a Covid-19 swab test. – Bernama photo
KUCHING (June 1): Sarawak recorded 544 new Covid-19 cases today along with four fatalities, said the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC).
The committee said in its Covid-19 daily update that the latest cases brought the cumulate number of infections to 65,395 while the death toll now stood at 413.
It added that 338 or 62.13 per cent of today’s cases were detected in Kuching, Tebedu, Sibu, Bintulu and Miri.
“Kuching recorded the highest number of cases at 118, followed by Tebedu (63), Sibu (58), Bintulu (56), Miri (43), Song (41), Telang Usan (21), Serian (17), Bau (15), Kanowit (15), Samarahan (15), Marudi (11), Kapit (11) and Subis (10).”
“Other districts which recorded new cases were Sri Aman (7), Tatau (6), Tanjung Manis (6), Mukah (5), Asajaya (4), Simunjan (3), Meradong (3), Saratok (3), Lundu (2), Sarikei (2), Bukit Mabong (2), Sebauh (2), and one each in Belaga, Matu, Lawas, Julau and Betong,” it said.
The committee said the new cases consisted of 74 individuals who had shown signs and symptoms of Covid-19 infection when screenings were conducted while 464 cases detected from individuals who were instructed to be quarantined at quarantine centres.
It also gave a summary of the cases, noting that 334 were detected from screenings of individuals with contact to positive cases; 125 cases from screenings of individuals from existing active clusters; 52 cases from screenings of symptomatic individuals at health facilities; 28 from other screenings at health facilities, three cases involving individuals who had returned from other states, and two Import A case involving individuals who had returned from Indonesia.
Meanwhile, the 410th death in Telang Usan involved a 32-year-old woman who was brought-in-dead to Hospital Miri on June 26, and has no comorbidity.
The 411th death in Subis was a 70-year-old man who has hypertension and passed away at Miri Hospital on June 23.
The 412th death in Kanowit was a 71-year-old who passed away at Sibu Hospital on June 22. He had a history of diabetes, hypertension, dyslipidaemia, chronic kidney illness, chronic lung obstruction. He was linked to the Nanga Tada Cluster, said SDMC.
The 413th death was a 35-year-old woman who passed away at Sibu Hospital on June 23. SDMC said she had obesity.
Meanwhile, SDMC the state recorded 494 recoveries allowed to be discharged from hospitals and the quarantine and low-risk patients treatment centres (PKRC).
“The total number of recoveries in the state has now increased to 54,678 or 83.61 per cent out of the overall cases,” said the committee.
It also said that 10,153 patients were warded and under medical supervision at hospitals and PKRCs throughout the state.