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KUCHING (Feb 27): Sarawak recorded another death from Covid-19 in Sibu today along with 255 new postive cases, the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said.
SDMC said the 81th death involved a 77-year-old man. He was admitted to Sibu Hospital after he tested positive for the virus on Feb 13, detected through close contact tracing of positive cases.
“The health condition of the case deteriorated and he was pronounced dead on Feb 27. The case had comorbidities of high blood pressure, dyslipidemia, and stroke. The death was linked to an active cluster, which is the Geronggang Cluster in Sibu,” the committee said in its daily update statement.
Meanwhile, the new positive cases were detected in Sibu District (106), Selangau 27), Miri (26), Kapit (22), Bintulu (13), Kuching (12), Betong (11), Kanowit (9), Sri Aman (8), Dalat (5), Bukit Mabong (5), Bau (4), Pusa (2), Saratok (2), Meradong (1), Sarikei
(1) and Subis (1).
This brings the cumulative number of cases in the state to 9,374 cases.
MORE TO COME
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