LABUAN – The number of active Covid-19 cases in Labuan has seen an exponential increase, with the total number of daily cases reaching over 200 in the past few days.
Labuan Covid-19 Immunisation Task Force (CITF) chairman Rithuan Ismail said the island, which had less than 30 active cases early last month, was now having 1,885 such cases.
“Meanwhile, four clusters, namely Victoria Merdeka, Simpang Sahari, Simpang Sungai and Patau-Patau are showing a sharp upward trend with a daily increase of more than 10 cases each.
“We have also recorded new fatalities daily for the past few days, taking Labuan’s death toll to 39 as of yesterday,” he said today.
Rithuan said as of yesterday, cumulative cases stood at 361 for the Victoria Merdeka cluster, 3210 for Simpang Sahari, 249 for Patau-Patau, and 156 for Simpang Sungai, while the Layangan cluster cases have remained at 58 for the past few weeks.
According to him, the number of people testing positive after having close contact with Covid-19 patients also increased to over 10%.
“The number of people undergoing treatment and quarantine at Labuan Nucleus Hospital has risen to 155 compared with 134 at the low-risk quarantine centre at Labuan Corporation’s Dewan Serbaguna and 40 at Bahagian Teknologi Pendidikan Tinggi, Jalan Sg Lada.
“The number of cases at the Covid-19 assessment centre has meanwhile increased steadily to 1,555. The centre, which functions to assess individual levels of infection, opened a few days ago,” he said.
Meanwhile, Labuan Health Department director Dr Ismuni Bohari said the Labuan Industrial Training Institute hostel, used again as a low-risk quarantine centre, commenced operations yesterday, with 50 patients from the Dewan Serbaguna shifting to the premises.
“The remaining patients there will be shifted today and tomorrow as we will turn the premises into a temporary Covid-19 hospital ward soon,” he said.
Labuan recorded 209 Covid-19 new cases today, bringing the island’s total number to 4,961. – Bernama, June 7, 2021
