MIRI – Sarawak has recorded one Covid-19 death after over a month without fatalities.
The latest victim is a 36-year-old man in Sibu Hospital, said the state’s Disaster Management Committee (SDMC).
The case was reported on February 16, but test results only came in today.
It added that the man had also suffered from obesity.
As for the daily cases, Sarawak logged more than 100 cases compared to yesterday.
The SDMC said five patients were categorised as severe.
Kuching district recorded the highest number of new cases today, with 126, followed by 71 in Sibu and Miri each, while other districts have several dozen cases each.
There are still two active Covid-19 clusters, with dozens of cases in Kuching as well.
Meanwhile, Malaysia logged 26,701 Covid-19 cases and another 39 deaths as of midnight, according to the CovidNow portal.
This brings the cumulative total to 3,138,215, with the death toll standing at 32,239.
Of the new deaths, 17 were under the brought-in-dead category.
Among the new infections, 26,569 are local cases, while 132 are imported.
Meanwhile, 11,744 out of the daily caseload are new recovery cases.
Currently, there are another 14,918 active cases, bringing the cumulative total to 217,782.
In a press conference yesterday, Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin said the daily evening Covid-19 updates will be scrapped and replaced with announcements the next day at 10am.
He said this is done to make sure data is analysed and evaluated properly, especially by the public, to allay any misconceptions over the severity of Covid-19. – The Vibes, February 18, 2022
