KUCHING: Sarawak recorded no new positive Covid-19 cases, as the total number of positive cases in the state remains at 700.
Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement on Sunday (Sept 13) said that there are no new recoveries and discharged cases from Bintulu Hospital, making the number of recoveries and discharged cases remain at 678 or 96.86 percent.
They said three cases that are still receiving treatment at hospitals —one each at Bintulu Hospital, Sibu Hospital and Miri Hospital.
One Covid-19 cluster, that is the Alam Cluster in Bintulu, is still active with eight cases.
Seven cases from the cluster have recovered and been discharged from the hospital, while one case is still receiving treatment at Bintulu Hospital.
With no deaths reported, the death toll in the state remains at 19 or 2.72 percent.
Meanwhile, five new person-under-investigation (PUI) cases were reported and four are still awaiting laboratory test results.
On the number of persons-under surveillance (PUS), 30 have been checked into designated hotels to undergo quarantine, bringing the total number of PUS at 11 hotels to 712.
To date, 23,803 PUS have completed their quarantine period.
