Slight decrease in positive cases reported
KUCHING: The state registered 460 new Covid-19 cases on Sunday (Nov 7), a slight decrease compared to Saturday’s 499. This brings the cumulative number of cases detected in Sarawak to 244,574 to date. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in its daily Covid-19 update, said 454 of the new cases were categories 1 and 2, […]
State reports 540 new cases
KUCHING: Sarawak on Wednesday (Nov 3) reported 540 new Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative cases to 242, 592. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said Kuching recorded the most number of new cases with 174 followed by Miri (126); Sibu (54); Bintulu (32); Limbang 23 and Serian (18). Samarahan reported 12 cases while Kanowit nine […]
Slight increase in new cases
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 528 new Covid-19 cases today (Nov 2), a slight increase compared to the previous day’s 478. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 517 of the total number of cases comprised Categories 1 and 2, while 11 were Categories 3, 4 and 5. Kuching accounted for the highest number of cases at […]
New cases drop to 478
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 478 new Covid-19 cases on Monday (Nov 1) — a significant drop from the 616 cases recorded the previous day. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the cumulative total number of cases now stood at 241,524. Out of the total cases, 146 are in Categories 1 and 2, whereas 14 are […]
State records 616 new cases
KUCHING: Sarawak today (Oct 31) recorded 616 positive Covid-19 cases, bringing the cumulative number of cases to 241,046. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in its daily update today, said of the total, 600 cases were in categories 1 and 2 while 16 cases were in categories 3, 4 and 5. The committee explained that […]
34 latest fatalities, 676 new cases
KUCHING: A total of 676 new Covid-19 cases were recorded on Thursday (Oct 28) in the state – a decrease of 104 cases from the previous day’s tally of 780 cases. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 662 of the new cases were in Categories 1 and 2 while 14 cases were in Categories 3, […]
Kuching District reports most Covid-19 cases on Wednesday
KUCHING: New Covid-19 cases numbering 780 were recorded on Wednesday (Oct 27) in Sarawak – 67 more than the previous day’s tally of 713. Of this, 768 of the new cases were Categories 1 and 2 while 12 cases were Categories 3, 4 and 5. Kuching District reported the most cases with 248 followed by Miri […]
Always do self-test, business owners urged
KUCHING: Merchants at India Street received Covid-19 self-test kits as part of an awareness campaign on the importance of conducting regular self-tests. The Covid-19 self-test kits were distributed by chairman of India Street Pedestrian Mall Merchants Association Datuk Wee Hong Seng together with the association’s secretary Bong Lian Huan and managing director of Tay Motor […]
Sarawak records increase in cases
KUCHING: Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) announced that 713 new cases were recorded on Tuesday (Oct 26) — 220 more cases compared to the previous day’s tally of 493. SDMC said 696 percent of the new cases were Category 1 and 2, while 17 percent were Category 3, 4 and 5. Kuching District reported the […]
Freelance political analyst hits out at PSB’s statement
KUCHING: A freelance political analyst has fired back at Parti Sarawak Bersatu’s (PSB) recent statement that questioned why the 12th state election (PRN-12) must be held soon amidst the high occupancy of intensive care unit (ICU) beds and Covid-19 fatalities. “As it is in athletics, as a participant at the starting line, PSB has already […]
