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Tuesday’s nine deaths push toll to 639

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded nine new deaths linked to Covid-19 on Tuesday (Sept 14), raising the state’s Covid-19 death toll to 639. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the 631st death was a Brought In Dead (BID) case involving a 51-year-old woman from Tatau District whose body had been brought to Bintulu Hospital. “The case […]

State records 8 fatalities, another community cluster

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KUCHING: Sarawak on Sunday (Sept 12) recorded eight new Covid-19 deaths and another new community cluster. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the first death was that of an 86-year-old man from the Asajaya district. The man had high blood pressure and tested positive for the virus on Sept 8. He was brought in […]

10 deaths bring toll to 617

KUCHING: Sarawak on Sunday (Sept 11) recorded 10 Covid-19 fatalities, bringing the death toll to 617. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the 608th death was that of a 67-year-old local man from Lawas who was tested positive on Sept 8. He was admitted to Lawas Hospital and had a history of diabetes. The 609th […]

Woman, 20, youngest fatal case

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 10 new deaths linked to Covid-19 today (Sept 8), bringing the state’s Covid-19 death toll to 593. Of the new deaths, the youngest was a 20-year-old woman and two of the new deaths were Brought In Dead (BID) cases. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the 584th death was a BID […]

State records 3,200 new cases, seven deaths

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 3,200 new Covid-19 cases today (Sept 7), 514 fewer cases compared to the previous day (3,714 cases), and seven fatalities. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 3,192 or 99.75 percent of the new cases comprised Categories 1 and 2 while there were eight cases in Category 5. The Kuching district accounted […]

12 deaths bring toll to 576

KUCHING: Sarawak on Monday (Sept 6) recorded 12 Covid-19 fatalities, bringing the death toll to 576. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the 565th death was that of an 84-year-old local woman from Kuching who was tested positive on Aug 19. She was admitted to the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) and had a history of […]

Car splits in collision killing two

MIRI: An offshore worker and his passenger were killed when the car they were travelling in split into two after hitting a tree. City traffic police officers together with paramedics responded to a report of a crash that occurred at KM12, Kuala Baram By-Pass road, adjacent to a petrol station in Permyjaya, at 10.10pm last […]

State records 15 deaths

KUCHING: Sarawak on Sunday (Sept 5) recorded 15 Covid-19 deaths, bringing the state’s death toll to 564. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the 505th death was that of a 69-year-old local woman from Kuching who tested positive on Aug 23. She was admitted to the Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) and had a history […]

Decrease in cases today

KUCHING: Sarawak recorded a notable decrease in its daily Covid-19 cases with 2,028 new cases registered on Monday (Aug 30), compared to 2,552 on Sunday (Aug 29). The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 918 new cases were identified in Kuching, followed by Serian with 260, Bau with 129 and Sibu with 102 daily cases. […]

Brunei reports first virus deaths in over a year

KUALA LUMPUR: Brunei reported two coronavirus deaths Tuesday, the first fatalities from Covid-19 in the Southeast Asian nation in over a year as it battles a fresh outbreak. An 85-year-old woman and a 69-year-old man, both Bruneians, died after contracting lung infections following their admission to a quarantine centre this month, the health ministry said.  […]