744 new cases, five deaths
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 744 new Covid-19 cases and five deaths on Monday (June 14). This brings the cumulative total number of cases to 56,187 with a death toll of 356. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 413 or 55.51 percent of the newly registered cases were detected in five districts, namely Kuching, Bintulu, Tatau, Sibu […]
Sarawak records four deaths, 600 new cases
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded four Covid-19 deaths and 600 new positive cases on Sunday (June 6). The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said with these, the death toll now stood at 322 while the total number of cases was 51,171 cases. All four deaths involved people with a history of comorbidities. “The 319th death was of […]
Highest number of Covid deaths in a day in Sarawak
10 new deaths bring toll to 294 KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 10 new Covid-19 deaths on Monday (May 31), bringing the toll to 294. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the 285th death was Case 44,762, a 77-year-old local woman who was treated in the Sibu Hospital for seizure. It said she was confirmed Covid-19 […]
State records 513 new cases, four deaths
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 513 new Covid-19 cases and four deaths on Sunday (May 30). The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said these brought the cumulative total number of cases to 46,675 and the death toll to 284 persons. “The districts that recorded cases today are Kuching district with 117 cases, Miri (109), Sibu (47), Bintulu […]
Average of three Covid deaths daily in state
KUCHING: The average daily death toll involving Covid-19 patients in Sarawak has increased three-folds in three months with three deaths reported every day this month from only one a day in March. According to Sarawak Acting Health Director Dr Rosemawati Ariffin, a total of 29 deaths were reported in March and the number increased to […]
530 new cases, three deaths in Sarawak
KUCHING: Sarawak yesterday (May 24) recorded 530 new Covid-19 positive cases and three deaths, said the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC). It said the cumulative total number of cases now stood at 42,813 with a death toll of 255. SDMC said 397 or 74.91 percent of the total cases were detected in Sibu, Miri, Bintulu, […]
Three new deaths bring toll to 252
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded three new Covid-19 fatalities yesterday (May 23), bringing the state’s death toll to 252. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in a statement, said the 250th death was Case 35,280, a 73-year-old local woman who was treated at Bintulu Hospital for breathing difficulties. “The case was found symptomatic with fever, body fatigue […]
Record seven deaths, 323 positive cases May 19
KUCHING: Sarawak registered a record high of seven Covid-19 deaths and 323 new positive cases yesterday. The figure brings to 237 the total number of fatalities in the state to date while the number of positive cases stands at 39,651. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said of the 323 new cases, Kuching accounted for 59 […]
Five new deaths bring toll to 230
KUCHING: Five new Covid-19 deaths were recorded in the state on Tuesday (May 18), bringing the death toll to 230. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said three of the death cases were reported in Kapit district and the rest in Sibu district. It said the 226th death involved a 51-year-old local woman who had been […]
4,865 new Covid cases reported today
KUALA LUMPUR: New Covid-19 cases continued to rise in the past 24 hours when 4,865 cases were recorded today compared to 4,446 cases yesterday, bringing the overall positive cases in Malaysia to 479,421. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah in a post on his Twitter site said during the period, there were 1,743 […]
