KOTA KINABALU – Twenty-seven babies under the age of 1 were among the 2,404 new Covid-19 cases detected in Sabah yesterday, bringing the cumulative number to 155,006 cases, said state Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun.
The minister, who is also Sabah Covid-19 spokesman, said of the total, 183 were children aged 1 to 5, while 455 were aged between 6 and 17.
He said close-contact screening is still the main contributor to the total number of cases yesterday at 57.9%, or 1,393 cases, followed by symptomatic screening (755 cases), cluster screening (65 cases), targeted screening (11 cases) and the rest from other screenings.
“A total of 719 cases today are in category 1; category 2 (1,546 cases); category 3 (14 cases); category 4 (seven cases); and, category 5 (11 cases), while the rest are still under investigation," he said in a statement last night.
Masidi said a total of 983 cases or 40.9% of new cases recorded yesterday were positive cases registered between two and three days late; had screening results registered between four and five days late (127 cases); and, 261 cases were registered more than five days after test results were known.
Meanwhile, Masidi said, a total of 1,729 Covid-19 patients have recovered and were discharged from hospital yesterday, making a cumulative total of 122,428 recovered patients, while 4,758 patients are still receiving treatment.
He said a total of 35 deaths were reported today in 11 districts, namely Tawau (17 cases), Sandakan (5), Kota Kinabalu (3), Kalabakan and Beaufort (2 each) while there was one case each in Kinabatangan, Semporna, Kota Marudu, Keningau, Penampang and Papar.
Meanwhile, Masidi said 41.5% of the adult population in Sabah has been fully vaccinated while 60.5% of the population has obtained one dose of the vaccine as of Thursday. – Bernama, September 4, 2021
