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KOTA KINABALU: A family day event in Tuaran sparked a new cluster of 21 Covid-19 cases, Minister of State Masidi Majun said today.
The Taman Ikan Jinak group is one of two new groups registered in the state.
He said that 18 cases were registered in the group today, for a cumulative total of 21 cases.
The index case was the father-in-law of a Beaufort man who attended family day activities at Jinak Fish Park, Tuaran, on Jan. 2-3, he said.
The Taman Ikan Jinak group is one of the two new groups, the other is the Jalan Mawila group which registered a total of 15 cases.
He said the cluster index case was discovered through an inter-state assessment on Jan. 13 that involved an official.
“Efforts are also underway to trace close contacts for the two clusters,” he said.
Masidi said 393 new cases were recorded in Sabah today, of which 222 cases or 56.5% were from close contact detection.
Additionally, a total of 74 cases were symptomatic screening, 36 screening cases from existing clusters, 21 screening cases at Socso farms, eight screening cases from residential school students, and 32 cases from other categories, he said.
He said 337 patients had recovered and were allowed to return today, bringing the cumulative total to 39,326.
He said that a total of 2,949 patients are still receiving treatment, of which 766 are being treated in hospital, while 2,185 are being treated in low-risk Covid-19 centers.
“The number of patients with Covid-19 in the ICU (Intensive Care Unit) is 84 people and 21 of them require respiratory assistance,” he said.
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