SDMC in today’s update on the pandemic said 99.87 per cent or 3,096 out of Sarawak’s new cases today were under Categories 1 and 2 with no to mild symptoms. – Bernama photo
KUCHING (Sept 8): Only four out of today’s 3,100 new Covid-19 cases in Sarawak were under Category 5, while the rest were under Categories 1 and 2, said the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC).
SDMC in today’s update on the pandemic said 99.87 per cent or 3,096 out of Sarawak’s new cases today were under Categories 1 and 2 with no to mild symptoms.
The other four cases were in Category 5 with lung infection and needing ventilator support.
Kuching continued to top the list of new Covid-19 cases in the state with 804 cases out of the total recorded today, followed by Sibu (379) and Samarahan (252).
In addition, the state recorded 10 deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours, including a 20-year-old woman in Bintulu.
This brought the Covid-19 death toll in the state to 593 to date, while the cumulative number of cases is now at 140,912.
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