File photo showing a health worker conducting a swab test on a man in this photo taken in Kuching on Dec 19. — Photo by Muhammad Rais Sanusi
KUCHING (Mar 28): Sarawak recorded a new daily high number of Covid-19 cases at 426 with two deaths, said State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas.
He said the huge spike in new cases was contributed by the last close contact screening operation at the Semuja Immigration Depo.
“A total of 191 positive cases were detected from the Semuja Immigration Depo today, contributing about 45 per cent of the number of new cases in Sarawak today,” said Uggah at the Covid-19 daily update at the old Sarawak Legislative Assembly building today.
He said all in all a total of 462 inmates at the immigration depo have been screened and 453 or about 94 per cent were positive for Covid-19.
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“This proves that the pandemic can spread easily when no social distancing is observed,” said Uggah.
This brings the total number of positive cases in the state to date at 15,869, and death toll at 103, he added during a press conference here today.
The number of cases in Sarawak today is also the highest in the country, according to data released by Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in his Facebook page.
Selangor came second at 256 followed by Johor at 176. Other states recorded two-digit figures at most.
The previous highest single day tally in Sarawak was on March 19 with 407 cases, also largely contributed by the Semuja Immigration Depo Cluster.
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