State records 199 new positive cases
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 199 new positive Covid-19 cases on Wednesday (Mar 10), bringing the state’s tally to 11,710. Sibu District accounted for 41 of the cases, Kapit and Kuching (33 cases each), Miri (22), Song (19), eight cases each in Bintulu and Tatau, Serian, Bau and Betong each recorded six cases, Samarahan (four), Bukit Mabong […]
Mukah death toll increases to 89, 163 new cases today
KUCHING: The Covid-19 death toll in Sarawak today increased to 89 after one death was recorded in Mukah. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC), in a statement today, said the 89th death case involved a 83-year-old local woman who was admitted to Mukah Hospital in an unconscious state. She was announced dead on March 2 […]
Three more deaths in the state take total to 87
KUCHING: Three deaths related to Covid-19 were reported in Sarawak today (March 6), bringing the total number to 87. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the deaths were recorded in Miri, Bintulu, and Sibu. The committee said that the 85th death case was Case 8,677, a local 42-year-old man who tested positive on Feb 24 […]
221 cases recorded in Sarawak
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 221 new positive Covid-19 cases on Saturday (March 6), bringing the tally to 10,895. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) today (March 6) said that of the total positive cases, 79 were recorded in Sibu District, Betong (32), Kuching (17), Kapit (12), Julau (10), Serian (10), Meradong (eight), five cases each in Miri […]
Sarawak records 250 new positive cases
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 250 new positive Covid-19 cases today, bringing the state’s tally to 10,674. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) today said that of the total cases, 123 were recorded in Sibu District, Meradong (36), Bintulu (21), Kuching (17), Kapit (17), Miri (14), Julau (seven), Serian (four), Daro (three), two cases each in Asajaya, Samarahan, […]
State records 174 recoveries and discharge
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 174 Covid-19 recoveries who were allowed to be discharged from hospitals today. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said of the total recovered and discharged cases, 61 were from Sibu Hospital, Bintulu Hospital (37), Sarawak General Hospital (34), Sarikei Hospital (21), nine each from PKRC under Kapit Hospital and PKRC under Sri […]
EMCO imposed in two areas in Bintulu
KUCHING: Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) has announced the implementation of the enhanced movement control order (EMCO) in Anong and Beverly Hills rental houses at Batu 5 and Taman Beverly Hills in Bintulu district. The EMCO, which has been effective from 12:01am tomorrow, will continue until March 18 (11:59pm). SDMC chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah […]
Miri’s cases linked to O&G platform
KUCHING: Miri recorded the highest number of cases in Sarawak today, with a significant portion of cases caused by day-tripping workers of a Baram Oil and Gas Platform flouting the standard operating procedures (SOPs). Of the 89 cases reported in Miri District, 49 were linked to the Baram Oil and Gas Platform, revealed Sarawak Disaster […]
Cases under control
KUCHING: The number of positive Covid-19 cases in Sarawak is under control at 3.85 percent which is below the 10 percent benchmark set by the World Health Organisation (WHO). In revealing this, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas today pointed out that the state government’s efforts had contributed to […]
Record high with 361 cases
KUCHING: Sarawak registered a new record high of 361 positive Covid-19 cases today, bringing the state’s tally to 10,424. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said 89 of these cases were reported in Miri District, Sibu (73), Bintulu (71), Betong (60), Kuching (22), Subis (11), Sarikei (9), Mukah (8), Kapit […]
