KUCHING: Sarawak recorded seven new positive cases — all local transmissions — on Monday (Oct 26).
In its Covid-19 daily statement, the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the total positive cases in Sarawak had risen to 803.
All new positive cases were recorded in Kuching and involved contact tracing in the Baki cluster.
Contact tracing is actively being carried out to identify the causes of infection for Cases 797 and 798, currently categorised as local transmissions.
“Case 797 is a local salesman in Kuching. He underwent Covid-19 screening test at a private clinic on Oct 25 but tested negative on the same day, He had been having cough symptoms since Oct 24.
“Case 798 is a local man who underwent self-screening at a private clinic in Kuching after experiencing fever and cough symptoms since Oct 23.
“The case underwent rT-PCR test on Oct 25 and tested positive on the same day,” said SDMC.
“Both cases had no travel history to highly infected Covid-19 areas and have been admitted to the Sarawak General Hospital for further treatment,” it said.
The committee revealed that contact tracing found five new cases, namely cases 799, 800, 801, 802 and 803 who were involved in the Baki Cluster.
“The cases had close contacts with case 789 who tested positive on Oct 25.
“Case 799 is a local woman and a neighbour of case 789. She has no symptoms.
“Case 800 is a senior citizen and a neighbour of case 789 as well as the mother of case 799.
“Case 801 is an immediate family member of case 789 and works as a health officer at public clinic in Kuching. The case has experienced symptoms including fever, cough and flu.
“Case 802 is a housewife and an immediate family member of case 789. The case has experienced symptoms including fever and cough.
“Case 803 is the son of case 802: he is a student of SK Kampung Haji Baki and has experienced flu.
“All five new Baki Cluster cases have been admitted in Sarawak General Hospital for further treatment,” said SDMC.
Sarawak currently has four active clusters — three in Kuching and one in Bintulu.
“In Kuching, three active clusters are Bah Arnab Cluster, Baki Cluster and Seladah Cluster while the Putra Cluster is in Bintulu.
“To date, new cases detected only involved the Baki Cluster while the other three active clusters recorded zero new positive case,” said SDMC.
The committee also announced all cases involved in the Putra Cluster in Bintulu had recovered and had been discharged from the hospital.
Sarawak recorded four recoveries and the cases have been discharged from hospitals, bringing the total recovery cases in Sarawak to 732 or 91.16 percent.
Fifty-two cases are still under treatment — 49 are in the Sarawak General Hospital and three in Miri Hospital.
There were 11 new persons under investigation (PUIs) while four PUIs were still waiting lab test results.
So far, Sarawak has recorded 19 deaths.
