A medical personnel conducts a swab test on a person during a mass testing. – Bernama file photo
KUCHING (March 4): Six out of 25 active Covid-19 clusters in the state recorded an increase in the number of new positive cases today, said State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.
He said the Jalan Muhibbah Cluster in Betong registered a whopping 66 cases bringing its overall cases to 189.
“A total of 2,165 individuals have been screened where 1,839 were negative and another 137 are pending lab test results,” he told a press conference today.
He said the Emperoh Jambu Cluster here also raked in a double-digit increase in cases with 16 new cases.
“The total number of cases under this cluster has now increased to 198.
“We have screened 1,000 individuals from this cluster where 555 have tested negative and 247 are still pending lab test results,” he added.
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