Sarawak’s tally surpasses 20k mark, 443 new cases
KUCHING: Sarawak’s total Covid-19 positive cases surpassed the 20,000 mark on Sunday (April 11) with the state recording 443 new cases. This brings the state’s tally to 20,001 to date. This is the fifth time cases in Sarawak have exceeded 400 per day, with the highest being 555 cases recorded on April 9 — the […]
Sarawak records 225 new cases
KUCHING: Sarawak on Monday (Apr 5) recorded 225 Covid-19 positive cases, bringing the state’s tally to 17,779. Of the total positive cases, Bintulu and Samarahan districts reported 43 cases respectively, Sibu (39), Miri (24), Julau (12), Sebauh (10), Kuching, Kapit, Sarikei and Beluru — seven each, Matu and Meradong —six each, Saratok (five), Serian and […]
India tightens screws as Covid-19 infections hit new record
NEW DELHI: India’s worst-hit state ramped up its coronavirus restrictions as nationwide the daily infections exceeded 100,000 for the first time on Monday. The country is only the second — after the United States — to record so many new cases in one day. Hopes at the start of the year that the outbreak may […]
Yet another record for Sarawak
KUCHING: The state recorded its second highest Covid-19 positive cases at 419 on Sunday (Apr 4), bringing the total number of cases to 17,554 to date. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) chairman Datuk Amar Douglas Uggah Embas said of the total, 159 cases were reported in Sri Aman; Bintulu (57), Sibu (54), Miri (34), Sarikei […]
New cluster detected in Simanggang district
KUCHING: The State Health Department has identified a new cluster in Simanggang district — Taman Vistagro cluster which consists of Taman Vistagro. Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement on Monday (Mar 29) said the index case is case 14,911, a local 62-year-old man who was detected through screening of symptomatic individuals at a […]
Covid-19 cases fall to three digits
Malaysia records 941 new cases, lowest since December last year KUALA LUMPUR: After four months, Malaysia begins to record less than a thousand daily cases of Covid-19 with only 941 cases reported today, the lowest since December last year. The last time the country recorded less than a thousand cases was on Dec 9 last […]
Highest in country for a second time
State records highest number of cases to date Sarawak recorded its highest daily positive cases with 426 new cases on Sunday, also the highest in the country, taking the state’s tally to 15,869. The state also recorded two deaths related to the pandemic on the same day. The previous highest figure of 407 positive cases […]
Six schools in Bintulu closed
BINTULU: Six schools in Bintulu district were closed after 12 students and teaching staff tested positive for Covid-19 on Tuesday. This was confirmed by Bintulu MP Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing, who revealed that the six schools were SJKC Siong Boon, SK St Anthony, SK Sungai Tisang, SK Kelawit, SK Nanga Tau and SK Kampung […]
State has 124 new positive cases
KUCHING: Sarawak recorded 124 new Covid-19 positive cases on Monday (Mar 22), bringing the total number to 14,374. State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said the cases were reported in 14 districts throughout the state. “Thirty-eight cases were reported in Sibu, Miri (20), Samarahan (16), Bintulu (14), Kuching (13), Tanjung Manis (seven), Kapit (five), three each […]
76 undergo swab tests after three students test positive
SIBU: State Health director Dr Chin Zin Hing confirmed that 76 teachers and students of SJKC Tung Hua here underwent the Covid-19 swab tests on Monday (March 22). Three students tested positive for Covid-19 on Sunday (March 21) and subsequently, the school was ordered to close the following day. “Seventy-six teachers and students from the […]
