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KUCHING (November 12): Sarawak today registered eight new cases of Covid-19, seven of them registered in Kuching and one in Lawas, revealed the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement.
Of this number, seven are local broadcasts in Kuching, while one is an imported case in Lawas.
The seven positive cases recorded in Kuching were classified as local transmissions after it was determined that they had contracted the virus due to close contact with previously known positive cases.
The Lawas case has been classified as an Import B case after the individual, Case 1,019, returned from Sabah after working there as a salesman in a clothing store.
This brings the total number of cases in the state to 1,019. Today no new clusters were reported.
According to SDMC President Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, the seven cases in Kuching were detected from close contact examinations in health clinics.
“All these new cases have been kept in the isolation ward of the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) for further treatment. Active contact tracing is taking place, ”Uggah said in today’s daily Covid-19 update.
Case 1,019 returned from Sabah on November 7 and had been there since early June for work before returning to Sarawak via Merapok and was immediately sent to the quarantine center upon arrival in Lawas for the mandatory 14-day quarantine, he said.
He was asymptomatic and was referred and sheltered in the isolation ward at Miri Hospital for further treatment. More investigations and contract tracing are underway, Uggah said.
Meanwhile, five groups remain active in Sarawak. Three groups, the Bah Arnab group, the Baki group and the Seladah group, and no new positive cases were reported today.
The Green Hill Cluster had a new case today, bringing the total number of cases to 88, including the index case. A total of 1,486 people have been tested with 88 positive results, while 1,296 tested negative and another 102 are still awaiting test results.
The Wisma Saberkas Group had two new cases today, bringing the total number of cases to 41, including the index case. A total of 1,992 people have been tested with 41 positive results, while 1,079 tested negative and another 72 are still awaiting test results.
Meanwhile, 22 Covid-19 patients have recovered and were allowed to be discharged today, with 16 from SGH and six from Miri Hospital, bringing the total number of recoveries in the state to 882 or 86.56. percent of total cases.
“Currently there are 118 patients who are being treated and isolated in hospitals throughout the state, of which 102 are treated at SGH and 16 at Miri Hospital.”
There are no new deaths or new patients in the ICU, and the death toll remains unchanged at 19 people.
Regarding the number of people under investigation (PUI), 13 new cases were reported and three are still awaiting test results, he said.
Kuching district remains a red zone with 125 local broadcasts recorded in the last 14 days. Miri, Lundu and Limbang districts remain in the yellow zone, while the remaining 36 districts are green zones.
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