State records 60 new cases

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 60 new positive Covid-19 cases today, breaking its four-day streak of seeing daily cases in triple digits. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said 43 of these cases were recorded in Sibu, Miri (10), Kuching (five), and Kanowit (two). “This brings the total number of positive Covid-19 […]

180 new cases — state’s highest so far

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 180 new Covid-19 cases today, a new record for the state. Of these, 150 cases were recorded in Sibu, Miri (9), four each in Bintulu and Kuching, Dalat (three), two each in Simunjan and Sebauh, and one each in Limbang, Samarahan, Tebedu, Betong, Sarikei and Lubok Antu. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee […]

Cases in triple digits for third consecutive day

KUCHING: Sarawak saw its third consecutive day of recording Covid-19 cases in the triple digits, with 166 new positive cases detected today. In a statement today, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 94 of these cases were reported in Sibu, 48 in Miri, Kuching (15), Beluru (4), Bintulu (3), Belaga (1), and Samarahan (1) […]

Sarawak records 146 new cases

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 146 new positive Covid-19 cases today, its consecutive second day of surpassing the three-digit mark. Of these, 92 cases were reported in Sibu, Sebauh (20), Kanowit (12), Miri (11), Beluru (3), Kuching (3), Dalat (2), Saratok (1), Bintulu (1) dan Limbang (1). In a statement today, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) […]

State has 55 new positive cases

KUCHING: Sarawak saw a state record high of 55 new positive cases today (Jan 9) – 37 in Sibu, 15 in Kuching, two in Miri, and one in Bintulu. In a statement on Saturday, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said this brought the total number of positive cases in the state thus far to […]

Kuching turns orange today

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 16 new Covid-19 cases today (Jan 8), bringing the total number of positive cases to 1,196. According to Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement, these cases were recorded in Kuching (10), Miri (four), Samarahan (one) and Julau (one). Case 1,187 is a one-year-old Sarawakian boy who is a close contact […]

New daily record of 3,027 cases, eight deaths

KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia has reported a record-high number of new daily Covid-19 cases with 3,027, bringing the total number of positive cases in the country to date to 128,465. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said meanwhile, 2,145 patients had recovered in the last 24 hours, bringing the cumulative number of cured cases […]

Eight new cases in Sarawak

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded eight new positive Covid-19 cases, with seven local transmissions and one imported case on New Year’s Day. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said today (Jan 1) said three each were reported in Kuching and Meradong, and one each in Bintulu and Miri, bringing the total number of cases statewide to 1,125. “In […]

Sarawak records two new positive cases

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded two new positive Covid-19 cases in Miri today, bringing the total number of positive cases in the state to 1,117. According to Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), case 1,116 is a local man (non-Sarawakian) who works as an aircraft pilot at a regional airline operating rural air services (RAS) in Sabah, Labuan […]

State records one new positive case

KUCHING: One new positive Covid-19 case was detected in Meradong District, Sarikei today (Dec 30), bringing the total number of positive cases in the state to 1,115. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the case has been categorised as an import case and involves a local man who had returned to the state via Sibu […]