Health personnel transport the remains of a Covid-19 patient for burial. — Bernama photo
KUCHING (Oct 11): The number of Covid-19 related fatalities in Sarawak will soon breach the 1,000 mark following the 12 deaths reported in the State Disaster Management Committee’s (SDMC) daily update today.
The cases, which occurred between Oct 4 to 9, brings the state’s death toll to 999.
The committee in the statement said that the victims were aged between 50 and 82.
It also said that there were no brought-in-dead (BID) cases.
Of the 12 fatalities, half of the cases were recorded in Kuching where the victims had died at the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH).
Two of the victims were from Samarahan namely a 75-year-old man with hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia who died on Oct 4 and a 67-year-old man with hypertension who died on Oct 8.
Another victim on Oct 8 who also died at SGH was a 59-year-old man from Betong who had a medical history of hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia and chronic kidney disease.
The remaining three victims were all from Kuching including a 75-year-old man with hypertension and heart disease who died on Oct 6.
The other two were an 82-year-old woman who had hypertension, diabetes and cancer and a 60-year-old man who had hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia and heart disease. Both died on Oct 9.
Sibu had registered three death cases at Sibu Hospital on separate days. The victims were all from the same district.
A 76-year-old man with hypertension, diabetes and dyslipidemia had died on Oct 5 while a 75-year-old woman with a medical history of hypertension, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease had died the following day.
The third victim was a 50-year-old man who had hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, heart disease and stroke. He died on Oct 8.
In Miri, a 67-year-old man from the same district had died at Miri Hospital on Oct 6. He had a history of hypertension, diabetes, heart disease and chronic kidney disease.
Another victim who died on the same day was a 77-year-old woman from Sri Aman with no known medical history. She died at Sri Aman Hospital.
Serian also registered a death case involving a 60-year-old man from the district.
The victim, who had hypertension, diabetes, dyslipidemia, and chronic kidney disease, died at Serian Hospital on Oct 8.