KUCHING: Sarawak recorded no new positive Covid-19 cases yesterday for the third consecutive day, with the total number of positive cases in the state thus far remaining at 570.
In a statement, the Sarawak Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) said that no new cases had recovered and been discharged from hospitals yesterday.
“The total number of positive Covid-19 cases which have recovered and been discharged remains at 537 or 94.21 percent,” they said.
They said that 16 individuals are still receiving treatment at hospital isolation wards. Of these, seven are at Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) in Kuching while nine are at Bintulu Hospital.
Thus far, the virus has caused 17 deaths in the state since the first positive case was reported on March 13.
“Nine new person-under-investigation (PUI) cases have been reported, and six are still pending laboratory results,” said the committee.
They said that 103 persons-under-surveillance (PUS) had been checked into hotels yesterday to undergo quarantine, bringing the total number of PUS at 13 hotels to 995 while 16,753 PUS had completed their quarantine period.
Meanwhile, SDMC reported that that 2,087 premises had been surveyed yesterday for compliance with directives under the recovery movement control order (RMCO) comprising supermarkets (365), restaurants (425), factories (29), banks (184), government offices (73), hawkers (17), public markets (105), places of worship (144), recreational places (77), construction sites (38), and others (630).
On Op Benteng, they said that there were six roadblocks in five districts yesterday, that is, two in Lundu and one each in Bau, Serian, Sri Aman, and Lubok Antu.
“From these six roadblocks, a total of 839 vehicles were checked,” they said.
