707 new cases, one death
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 707 new Covid-19 positive cases and one death today (June 8), bringing the tally to 52,581 cases and 327 deaths. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 477 or 67.47 percent of the new cases were detected in Kuching, Bintulu, Sri Aman, Miri, and Song districts. Kuching district led the tally with […]
Sarawak cases surge again to 703
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 703 Covid-19 positive cases today (June 7) – up by 103 cases from the June 6 figure of 600 – raising the state’s total number of positive to 51,874. The State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 346 cases or 49.21 percent of the total cases detected were in Kuching, Miri and Tanjung […]
5,271 new cases nationwide, fourth straight day of drop
KUALA LUMPUR: New Covid-19 cases in Malaysia dropped for the fourth consecutive day to 5,271 today, from 6,241 cases yesterday (June 6), said Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah. This is the first time daily cases have dipped below 6,000 after 19 straight days of surpassing that mark since May 19. Dr Noor […]
Covid-19 cases in Malaysia and selected countries
KUALA LUMPUR: The following are the updates on Covid-19 figures in Malaysia and selected countries across the world as at 10am today (June 7). Globally there have been 172,630,637 confirmed cases of Covid-19, including 3,718,683 deaths as reported to the World Health Organisation (WHO) as at June 6. Also a total of 1,638,006,899 vaccine doses […]
Sarawak’s positive tally surpasses 50k mark
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 651 new positive Covid-19 cases today raising the state’s tally to 50,571. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement said 331 of these new cases, or 50.84 percent, were detected in the districts of Kuching, Sibu, Sebauh and Miri. Kuching District leads the tally with 146 cases followed by Sibu […]
Sarawak’s Covid-19 tally nears 50k mark
KUCHING: Sarawak’s Covid-19 tally is now 49,920 after 706 new cases were recorded on Friday (June 4). 395 cases (55.95 per cent) were recorded in the districts of Kuching, Sibu and Miri. Kuching reported 167 cases followed by Sibu, 115; then Miri, 113; Sri Aman, 50; Kapit, 43; Bintulu, 40; Samarahan, 32; Subis, 27; Mukah, […]
Kita Jaga Miri group lends helping hand in Covid-19 fight
MIRI: In order to address issues stemming from the increase in Covid-19 cases here, Kita Jaga Miri (KJM) has met with relevant stakeholders and charted the most appropriate solutions, including setting up new facilities and extending the existing molecular lab at Miri Hospital. KJM said the extension to the existing molecular lab would take approximately […]
Senator laments half-hearted attitude
KUCHING: Strictly abiding by the standard operating procedures (SOPs) will help in reducing the number of Covid-19 cases, said Senator Robert Lau Hui Yew. He pointed out that the message on the importance of complying with the SOPs has been conveyed to the public for more than a year, but there were still people who […]
Another 594 new cases statewide
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 594 new Covid-19 positive cases today (June 3), bringing the state’s tally to 49,214. The Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said 362 or 60.94 percent of the total number of cases were detected in the districts of Kuching, Miri, Sarikei and Bintulu. “Kuching recorded 136 cases, followed by Miri (99), Sarikei (66), […]
Covid-19 tally increases slightly to 7,703
KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia’s daily tally of Covid-19 cases increased slightly to 7,703 cases today (June 2) from 7,105 cases reported yesterday (June 1), with Selangor still recording the highest number of new cases at 2,728. Health director-general Tan Sri Dr Noor Hisham Abdullah said this brought the cumulative total of Covid-19 cases in the country […]
