Six out of 10 fatalities brought in dead
KUCHING: Ten fatalities due to Covid-19 were reported in Sarawak on Saturday (Sept 18). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said a 29-year-old woman from the Pusa district, who was obese and tested positive on Sept 5, passed away at the Betong Hospital. Other Covid-19 deaths involved a 73-year-old woman from the Pusa district and […]
Three deaths and 3,480 cases recorded on Friday
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 3,480 Covid-19 cases and three deaths on Friday (Sept 17). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said this brought the state’s case tally to 174,152 and the death toll to 659. SDMC disclosed that 3,472 or 99.77 per cent of the new positive cases reported were in Categories 1 (no symptoms) or […]
Deaths mainly among Sinovac recipients
KUCHING: Those inoculated with the Sinovac vaccine accounted for the highest number of Covid-19 deaths, according to a data released by the Health Ministry. An analysis of the data showed that Sinovac vaccine recipients accounted for 710 or 77 percent of the 922 deaths reported as of Sept 6. This is despite Sinovac vaccine recipients […]
Five deaths, record 3,734 new cases
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded five deaths and a record 3,734 new Covid-19 cases today (Sept 10), a drastic increase compared to the previous day’s tally of 3,118 cases. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 3,726 or 99.79 percent of the new cases comprised categories 1 and 2 patients while only eight cases were in Category […]
State registers nine deaths
KUCHING: Sarawak today (Sept 9) recorded nine new deaths linked to Covid-19, bringing the state’s Covid-19 death toll to 602 cases. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said five of the fatalities were female patients including one brought-in-dead (BID) case while the other four were male with one BID case. All the deaths involved senior […]
Sarawak’s Covid-19 death toll now at 547
KUCHING: Seven Covid-19 deaths were recorded in Sarawak on Friday (Sept 3), bringing the state’s fatality tally to 547. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the dead were six men and a woman. The 541st fatality was a 45-year-old local man from Tebedu District, who passed away at Serian Hospital. He was confirmed positive […]
State registers seven fatalities
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded seven new Covid-19 death cases, bringing the death toll in the state to 540 on Thursday (Sept 2). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the fatalities involved five women and two men. The 534th death was a 68-year-old woman from Tebedu District who was confirmed positive on Aug 30. She passed […]
Wednesday’s seven deaths push toll to 533
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded seven Covid-19 deaths on Wednesday, bringing the toll to 533. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the fatalities comprised mostly elderly people aged 60 and above, and have a history of comorbid diseases. “The state’s 527th Covid-19 death was a 62-year-old woman from Kuching who was confirmed positive on Aug 30. […]
Two Covid deaths; 2,285 new cases but majority mild
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded two new Covid-19 deaths along with 2,285 positive cases today, an increase against yesterday’s cases of 2,028. The majority of the cases were classified as mild. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said with the additional casualties, this brings the death toll to 526. It said the first death case was of […]
Sarawak records increase in cases
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded an increasing number of cases at 2,427, compared to the previous day (2,224 cases), along with four fatalities on Saturday (Aug 28). The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said of the cases, 2,422 or 99.8 percent comprised Category 1 and 2 while two cases were in Category 3 and three cases from […]
