A health worker arranges the samples gathered during a Covid-19 screening in this file photo.
KUCHING (Feb 4): Sarawak recorded a new daily record of 270 positive Covid-19 cases today, with two more deaths recorded in Sibu.
According to Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas, the 43rd death is a local 60-year-old man who was admitted to the Sibu Hospital after experiencing difficulty breathing.
“The man, who was a close contact of one of the clusters, went for a second rT-PCR test on Jan 24 and tested positive for Covid-19,” he said during the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee’s (SDMC) press conference today.
His condition got worse before he succumbed to the disease on Feb 4. He had a history of comorbidity such as high blood pressure, gout and seborrhoeic dermatitis.
The 44th death is a 79-year-old local man who was admitted to the Sibu Hospital after his rT-PCR test came back positive for Covid-19 on Jan 23. He had a fever when he underwent the test, said Uggah.
“His condition worsened and he died on Feb 4. He had a history of comorbidity such as nasopharyngeal cancer for 20 years with metastasis to the brain, and needed oxygen therapy at home since the end of January,” he added.
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