KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 21 new positive Covid-19 cases today (Tuesday), including a one-year- old toddler, bringing the total number in the state to 927.
Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said of these cases, 12 were reported in Kuching, three in Lundu, three in Miri and three in Lawas.
Ten new cases came from the Green Hill Cluster. Six cases had social contacts with Case 877 which was reported on Oct 31.
Two of the six cases showed signs and symptoms of coughing and fever on Oct 31 and Nov 1.
All six cases underwent Covid-19 screening at a government health facility on Nov 1 and the results came out positive the following day.
Another two new cases in Green Hill Cluster were found through contact tracing. They involved two local individuals — a man and a woman — who had close contacts with Case 832 and Case 876 respectively but did not show any signs and symptoms of the disease.
The two cases were screened on Nov 1 and their results came back positive on the same day, bringing the total number of positive cases from the Green Hill Cluster to 62.
Meanwhile, another three new cases came from the Wisma Saberkas Cluster and all were detected via Active Case Detection (ACD) on Nov 2.
They were employees of an electronic company in the building and did not show any signs or symptoms of the disease. Contact tracings were carried out after that.
This brings the total number of positive cases recorded under the Wisma Saberkas Cluster including the index case to 11.
SDMC stated that one new case, categorised as an imported case, was detected through screening after returning from risk areas.
The case is a local man who has a history of travelling to Selangor. On arrival at Kuching International Airport on Oct 22, he was directed to undergo 14-day mandatory quarantine; he underwent the first rT-PCR screening on the same day and the result came out negative.
On Oct 31, he underwent a second screening test and was found positive on Nov 2. He did not show any signs and symptoms and has been admitted to Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) for further treatment.
In Miri, two cases were recorded positive after being traced from the Greenhill Cluster. Both cases were social contacts of Case 829 which was detected on Oct 28.
Both cases did not show any signs or symptoms of the disease and were admitted to Miri Hospital on the same day. They were considered as local infection cases from the Green Hill Cluster.
Another new case detected in Miri is a local man who worked as a driver. He was screened for Covid 19 via contact tracing with Cases 828, 830 and 831. He was tested on Oct 30 and found positive for Covid-19 on Nov 2.
Besides that, three new cases in Lawas involved a family of three, including a one-year-old toddler, who had travelled to Beaufort, Sabah. They arrived at Lawas via the Immigration, Customs and Quarantine (ICQ) Complex at Merapok on Oct 29 and were told to undergo mandatory 14-day quarantine in a hotel.
On Oct 31, the family underwent rT-PCR screening and were found to be Covid-19 positive on Nov 2 although they did not show signs and symptoms of the disease.
They were admitted to Miri Hospital and were consequentially categorised as imported cases.
In Lundu, three new cases were recorded through Active Case Detection (ACD) from Case 871 which tested positive on Oct 30; the tests were conducted at Kampung Telok Melano, Lundu.
The infected were local residents; they comprised a man and two women who were swabbed on Nov 1 and tested positive for Covid-19 the following day. Two of the cases showed signs and symptoms of coughing and fever from Oct 30 until 31.
SDMC also said there were two new recovery and discharged cases from hospitals on Tuesday (Nov 3). This brings the total of recovered and discharged cases to 763 or 82.92 percent.
The total number of cases still being treated at isolation wards is 145, of which 117 are in SGH, 23 in Miri Hospital, three in Bintulu Hospital and two in Sibu Hospital. There are no cases being treated at intensive care units (ICUs).
Sixty-six persons are under investigation (PUI) while eight persons are still awaiting laboratory results.
Yesterday, a total of 258 persons under surveillance (PUS) checked into hotels to undergo quarantine, bringing the total number of PUS in 24 hotels to 2,291 while 29,147 had completed their quarantine.
