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State records seven new Covid-19 community clusters

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KUCHING: Sarawak today (Aug 10) recorded seven new Covid-19 community clusters, said the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). It said in a statement that all the new clusters were community clusters involving villages and longhouses in various parts of the state. One of the new clusters, dubbed the Sessang cluster in Kabong, saw 42 positive […]

New Covid cases fall to 19,257 in Malaysia

KUALA LUMPUR: New positive Covid-19 cases reported in the country today dipped to 19,257 cases after two consecutive days of record infections above 20,000. Health director-general, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a tweet said the latest development brings the cumulative cases in the country to 1,243,852. Selangor remains as the biggest infection contributor […]

Workplace clusters in Tatau, Bintulu

KUCHING: Two new workplace clusters have emerged in the districts of Tatau and Bintulu. The Jalan Tatau-Selangau, Tatau cluster involved the occupants of a workers’ quarters at an oil palm plantation which is under the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) at Jalan Tatau-Selangau in the Tatau district. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said of […]

Covid-19 cases breaches 1 million mark

Another record of 17,405 new cases nationwide today   KUALA LUMPUR: A record high of 17,045 Covid-19 cases were reported in Malaysia today, bringing the cumulative figure for infections past the one million mark at 1,013,438, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. The new cases topped yesterday’s figure of 15,902, which was […]

Two new clusters identified

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KUCHING: The State Health Department has identified two new clusters yesterday (July 19). Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the Pagar Satok Cluster was a detention institution cluster involving the screening of detainees (OKT) at the detention lockup at Satok police station in Kuching district. “A total of 83 individuals were tested where 24 of […]

9,105 new Covid-19 cases reported Sunday

KUALA LUMPUR: The number of new daily Covid-19 cases in the country remained over the 9,000 mark with 9,105 infections reported today bringing the cumulative number of cases to 836,296. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in a Twitter post, said Selangor continued to record the highest number of infections with 4,682 cases […]

State has four new clusters

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KUCHING: Four new clusters have been declared in Sarawak comprising two in Sri Aman and one each in Mukah and Miri districts. In Mukah, the Jalan Pasar Basah cluster is a community cluster involving traders at the wet market at Jalan Lama Mukah. According to State Health Department director Datuk Dr Mohamed Sapian Mohamed, a […]

Malaysia hits new daily record with 9,180 Covid-19 cases

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia recorded the highest number of new daily Covid-19 cases today, at 9,180, bringing the cumulative number of cases to 817,838. The previous highest number of new daily cases recorded was 9,020 on May 29. Health director-general, Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah, in his tweet, said that Selangor still recorded the highest […]

Covid-19 cases leap to 7,654 today

KUALA LUMPUR: A total of 7,654 Covid-19 cases were recorded today, a sharp increase from yesterday’s 6,387, bringing the cumulative number of cases in the country so far to 792,693. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in his Twitter post said that Selangor still recorded the most number of new daily cases with […]

Health dept declares three new clusters

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KUCHING: Three new Covid-19 clusters were declared by the State Health Department yesterday. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the Sungai Sebetan cluster was a community cluster involving a house and a longhouse located at Batu 5, Jalan Engkudu-Peligong, Sungai Sebetan in the Saratok district. “Of the 101 individuals who were tested, 45 were […]