A medical worker stores a Covid-19 swab sample for testing. — Bernama photo
KUCHING (Sept 26): About 99.69 per cent or 2,934 out of 2, 943 new Covid-19 cases in Sarawak today were asymptomatic (Category 1) or exhibited mild symptoms (Category 2), said the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC).
In its Covid-19 daily update, SDMC said that 38.4 per cent, or 1,130 cases, fell under Category 1 while 61.3 per cent or 1,804 cases were under Category 2.
There were two cases (0.07 per cent) under Category 4 (having pneumonia and requiring oxygen support), three cases (0.1 per cent) were in Category 4 (pneumonia and requiring oxygen support) and four cases (0.14 per cent) were Category 5 (pneumonia and requiring ventilator support).
Sarawak’s cumulative tally of Covid-19 cases now stands at 199,089.
Kuching continued to top the list with 810 cases followed by Sibu (377), Miri (324), Bintulu (179) and Limbang (150).
Other districts that logged triple-digit cases are Sri Aman with 110 cases, Bau (110) and Samarahan (106).
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