State records 413 new cases, five deaths

KUCHING: Sarawak today recorded 413 new COVID-19 cases and five new backlog deaths. According to the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), 408 of the new cases were of categories 1 and 2, while five were categories 4 and 5 cases. “There were 128 category 1 cases and 280 category 2 cases. Meanwhile, there were two category […]

Three BID cases among 15 deaths

KUCHING: Sarawak today (Oct 20) recorded 15 Covid-19 deaths including three brought-in-dead (BID) cases. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in its daily update statement, said the death occurred on Oct 11, Oct 12 and between Oct 16 and Oct 19. “On Oct 11, one Covid-19 death was recorded in Sibu, involving a 68-year-old man who […]

State reports ten latest Covid-19 deaths

KUCHING: The state reported ten new Covid-19 fatalities on Saturday (Sept 25) with most of them being backlog death cases.  Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said that two of the deaths were recorded on Sept 24. It involved a 42-year-old woman from Samarahan who passed away at Simunjan Hospital and a 61-year-old woman from Sri […]

Dr Noor Hisham expresses concern over increase in Covid-19 deaths

KUALA LUMPUR: Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah has expressed his concern over the increase in the number of Covid-19 fatalities in the country. He said a total of 71 deaths were recorded within the first nine days of this year, compared to less than 100 fatalities recorded during the first nine months […]