Health workers conduct Covid-19 case detection. — Bernama photo
KUCHING (Sept 17): Sarawak recorded five Category 5 Covid-19 cases having lung infections and requiring ventilator support, out of 3,480 new cases in the state today.
According to the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), there was also one Category 3 case with lung disease and two Category 4 with lung disease and require oxygen support.
The other 99.77 per cent or 3,472 cases were under Category 1 with no to mild symptoms.
This brought the state’s cumulative cases to 174,152.
Meanwhile, almost a third or 996 of the new cases today were recorded in Kuching, followed by Serian (422), Sibu (272), Bintulu (231), Samarahan (172), Bau (147), Miri (138) and Sri Aman (132).
There were also six districts which reported single-digit cases namely Song (9), Beluru (9), Matu (2), Marudi (2), Daro (1) and Dalat (1).
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