Covid-19: Kuching district now orange zone



[ad_1]

SDMC said that the Kuching district reported a total of 37 cases of local infection in the past 14 days. – Stock Photo

KUCHING (November 25): The drop in new positive Covid-19 cases in Kuching has turned the district from red to an orange zone and has registered fewer than 41 cases in the last two weeks.

The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said that the Kuching district reported a total of 37 cases of local infection in the past 14 days.

“As for other districts in the state, Miri and Lawas remain as yellow zones, while 37 other districts are classified as green zones,” he said today in a statement.

The Health Ministry has classified districts with more than 40 cases in a two-week period as red areas, 21 to 40 cases as orange areas, one to 20 cases as yellow areas and those without cases as green areas.

Meanwhile, SDMC also threw out some positive news where it said that 16 Covid-19 patients had recovered today, of which 14 were allowed to be discharged from the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) and two were discharged from the Miri Hospital.

“This brings the total number of recoveries in the state to 1,008 or 95.27 percent of total cases,” he said.

He also said that there are currently 31 patients being treated at hospitals across the state, with 27 being treated at SGH, two at Miri Hospital and two at Sibu Hospital.

On the number of persons under investigation (PUI), the committee said 27 new cases were registered with four cases pending the result of laboratory tests.

Since the first positive Covid-19 case was reported on March 13, the state has recorded a total of 19 deaths.

On groups active in the state, SDMC said that six groups remain active in Kuching, namely the Greenhill Group with 91 cases; Wisma Saberkas Cluster with 44 cases; Baki Cluster with 33 cases; Jalan Abell Cluster with 15 cases; Besi Cluster with 12 cases; and Seladah Cluster with nine cases.

All figures include the index cases of the respective groups.








[ad_2]