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Five more deaths as S’wak sees 489 new Covid-19 cases

Two victims from Sarikei and three from Sibu as two-week MCO imposed on five districts, says DMC secretariat

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 14 Apr 2021 7:35PM

Five more deaths as S’wak sees 489 new Covid-19 cases
The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee secretariat says the state’s death toll reached 133 today, with more than 21,000 infections to date. – The Vibes file pic, April 14, 2021

by Stephen Then

MIRI – Sarawak recorded five more Covid-19 deaths and 489 new cases today as a two-week movement control order (MCO) was imposed by the Home Ministry on five districts effective Friday.

State Disaster Management Committee (DMC) secretariat said the latest deaths involved a 55-year-old man in Sarikei, a 77-year-old woman in Sibu, a 77-year-old woman in Sarikei, a 78-year-old man in Sibu and a 59-year-old man in Sibu.

The state’s death toll reached 133 today, it added.

The secretariat said of the 489 new cases, Kuching district recorded the most (99), followed by Sri Aman (76), Sibu (75), Miri (50), Bintulu (48), Beluru (32), Samarahan (25), Sarikei (17), and other districts (fewer than 10 cases each).

The secretariat said committee chairman Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas will issue a statement tomorrow on whether the MCO will be imposed in Kuching, Bintulu, Miri, Sibu, and Meradong.

Sarawak has more than 21,000 infections to date. – The Vibes, April 14, 2021

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