One new positive case in Sarawak
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded one new positive Covid-19 case in Bintulu yesterday, bringing the total number of positive cases in the state to 561. Deputy Chief Minister Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas disclosed that this latest case was a family member of case 557 reported last Sunday — a student studying in Mukah who had returned […]
Three new positive cases
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded three new positive Covid-19 cases on Tuesday, bringing the total number of positive cases in the state to 560. According to Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement on Tuesday (June 16), all the cases were reported in Bintulu district. They involved a family who had close contact with case number […]
41 new cases with 38 local transmission reported today
PUTRAJAYA: Thirty-eight out of 41 new positive Covid-19 cases reported today were due to local transmission, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said from the 38 local transmission cases, 32 involved foreigners while six cases were among locals. “This brings the cumulative positive cases to 8,494,” he told a media conference on […]
India’s Covid-19 death toll rises to 9,195, cases reach 320,922
NEW DELHI: India’s federal health ministry said Sunday morning that 311 new deaths of Covid-19 and 11,929 more positive cases were reported, taking the number of deaths to 9,195 and total cases to 320,922. “As on 8 am (local time), today 9,195 deaths related to novel coronavirus have been recorded in the country,” the ministry […]
33 new cases, 17 local transmissions
PUTRAJAYA: Thirty-three new positive cases of Covid-19, including three local transmissions involving Malaysians, were reported today as Malaysia entered the third day of the recovery movement control order (RMCO), said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said this brought the total number of positive cases to 8,402, with 1,115 being active cases with […]
Singapore’s tally surpasses 39,000-mark, 422 new cases
SINGAPORE: Singapore preliminarily confirmed an additional 422 cases of Covid-19 infection with the vast majority being the foreign workers residing at dormitories. With the latest cases, it brings the tally for the republic to 39,387. The noon data showed that there are only five cases in the community, of whom one is a Singaporean and […]
Two new cases, lowest since MCO enforced
PUTRAJAYA: Malaysia recorded the lowest number of new Covid-19 positive cases Wednesday since the implementation of the movement control order (MCO) with only two, neither being local transmissions. Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said the two new cases took the cumulative number of infections in the country to 8,338, with 1,206 active cases […]
One new positive case found via contact tracing
KUCHING: Sarawak on Tuesday detected one new positive Covid-19 case, a male Indonesian national, through contact tracing in connection with a positive case reported on June 7. “This involves a new cluster of foreign workers in Sarawak. As such the Sarawak Health Department will conduct Active Case Detection (ACD) operation at a construction site at […]
India reports highest daily jump of 9,971 cases
NEW DELHI: India’s federal health ministry Sunday morning said that 287 new deaths due to Covid-19 and an additional 9,971 positive cases were reported during the past 24 hours across the country, taking the death toll to 6,929 and total cases to 246,628, according to Xinhua News Agency. This is the highest spike in the […]
One death, 37 new cases nationwide
PUTRAJAYA: The number of new Covid-19 cases reported in the country on Saturday remained at double digits at 37, with only 10 involving Malaysians, said Health director-general Datuk Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. He said another fatality was reported, bringing the death toll to 117, or 1.41 percent of the total number of positive cases. Eight […]
