Sibu records one more death for total of 62
KUCHING: One new death as a result of Covid-19 infection was recorded in Sibu today, bringing the state death toll to 62. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement today, said the deceased was an 83-year-old local woman who was admitted to Sibu Hospital after having fever and breathing difficulty. “The case tested […]
State records two more deaths
KUCHING: Two new deaths were recorded in Sibu today, bringing the toll in the state to 55. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in a statement today said the 54th death involves a 66-year-old local woman who was admitted to Sibu Hospital on Jan 30. “The case tested positive through close contact screening on Jan […]
State records four fatalities
KUCHING: Sarawak now has a total of 48 deaths after recording four fatalities from Sibu today. Today’s first fatal case was a sixty-year-old man who was case 5,094. He received emergency treatment in Sibu Hospital on Feb 3 due to symptoms such as shortness of breath, cough, fever and running nose since Jan 28. “The […]
178 new cases, four deaths, two clusters
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 178 Covid-19 positive cases today, bringing the state’s tally to 5,272 cases. At the same time, the state also recorded four more deaths, bringing the total number of fatalities so far to 48. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the latest cases comprised 67 from Sibu, Bintulu (24), Dalat (23), Kanowit (21), […]
Two fatalities bring Sarawak death toll to 44
KUCHING: Two more senior citizens in Sibu succumbed to the deadly Covid-19 virus on Thursday (Feb 4), bringing the death toll in Sarawak to 44. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the first victim was Case 3,441, a 60-year-old local man who was referred to Sibu Hospital after having […]
Sarawak records three new deaths
KUCHING:Sarawak recorded three new Covid-19 related deaths — one each in Kuching, Miri and Sibu today, taking the state’s death tally to 42. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said in Kuching, case 2,282 was a local male, aged 40, who was screened at a health clinic on Jan 17. “He was symptomatic with sore throat […]
Record-high 5,725 cases
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia today reported a record-high 5,725 daily positive Covid-19 cases, said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. The previous high of 4,275 daily cases was recorded on Jan 23. Dr Noor Hisham said that of the total today, 5,718 cases involved Malaysians while the seven import cases comprised five Malaysians and […]
40-year-old man is latest pandemic fatality
KUCHING: A forty-year-old local man is the latest Covid-19 fatality in the state, bringing the total number of deaths to 36 to date. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the deceased was Case 1,880 who was admitted to Sibu Hospital. “He was admitted to Sibu Hospital due to breathing difficulty. His health condition deteriorated and […]
Sarawak’s death toll up to 35
BY SARAH HAFIZAH CHANDRA & NUR SHAZREEN ALI KUCHING: Sarawak recorded one new death in Sibu due to Covid-19 on Thursday, bringing the state’s death tally to 35. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said Case 2,047, a local female aged 79, had been receiving treatment at Sibu Hospital on Jan 13 due to fever and […]
Sarawak records one death, fewer positive cases
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded one Covid-19 related-death today bringing the state’s fatality tally to 34. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said the case was admitted into Sibu Hospital on Jan 17 due to breathing difficulties. “Case 1,745 was a 74-year-old local male, and he was found to be Covid-19 positive […]
