Medical personnel collect swab test samples for Covid-19 screening. – Bernama photo
KUCHING (Sept 2): Seven more Covid-19 deaths were recorded in Sarawak today as it recorded its highest daily cases of 2,992.
According to the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), two of the deaths were brought-in-dead, from Tebedu and Song.
All in all the total number of deaths the state has recorded so far was 540.
Meanwhile, some 45 per cent or 1,342 of the new cases today were recorded in Kuching, followed by Sibu (282), Samarahan (147), Lundu (134), Betong (117), Bintulu (110) and Lubok Antu (105).
This brought the state’s cumulative cases to 121,964, said SDMC.
Out of the new cases today, 99.8 per cent or 2,986 were under category one or asymptomatic, and category two or mildly symptomatic.
One case was category 3 with lung disease, two were category 4 with lung disease and required oxygen support, and three in Category 5 with lung infections and requiring ventilator support.
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