A medical worker stores a Covid-19 swab sample for testing. — Bernama photo
KUCHING (Sept 12): A total of 99.94 per cent of Sarawak’s 5,291 new Covid-19 cases today consisted of Categories 1 and 2 cases involving asymptomatic and mildly symptomatic patients, said the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC).
It said in its Covid-19 daily update that only three cases were of Category 3, 4 and 5.
Category three refers to cases with pneumonia but not requiring oxygen while categories four and five are patients with pneumonia requiring oxygen and requiring ventilator support respectively.
Sarawak’s latest figure today marked the first time the state’s daily number of Covid-19 cases had breached the 5,000 mark. The cumulative number of cases now stands at 156,798.
Kuching continued to register the highest number of cases out of the 36 districts which reported new cases at 1,845.
This is followed by Serian with 620, Sibu (436), Bintulu (435), Bau (212), Samarahan (196), Sri Aman (162), Lundu (154), Betong (138), Miri (122), Sarikei (99), Mukah (96), Simunjan (80), Julau (74), Pakan (65), Kanowit (63), Asajaya (56), Tebedu (55), Subis (41), Kapit (37), Selangau (35), Limbang (33), Lubok Antu (33), Meradong (31), Saratok (29), Lawas (25), Matu (22), Dalat (19), Belaga (17), Pusa (16), Marudi (14), Tatau (12), Song (7), Sebauh (7), Bukit Mabong (3) and Beluru (2).
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