KUCHING, Aug 26: The Mambong Cluster has officially ended with no new cases reported in the last 28 days, while no additional Covid-19 cases were also reported in Sarawak today.
State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a statement today, informed that the state tally of positive cases thus remained at 696.
With another Covid-19 cluster closed, only one cluster remains active in Sarawak which is the Alam Cluster in Bintulu with seven cases.
Currently, two districts are still labelled yellow zone, which is with less than 40 cases, namely Kuching and Bintulu.
There was no recovery and discharge recorded today and as such, the total number of recovered cases in Sarawak is maintained at 662 or 95.11 per cent of total positive cases so far.
As of today, SDMC revealed that 15 patients were still being treated in hospitals throughout the state with none admitted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) or requiring respiratory support.
There were nine patients treated in Bintulu Hospital, while four were in Sarawak General Hospital (SGH) and one each in Sibu Hospital and Miri Hospital.
Sarawak also reported 13 more persons-under-investigation (PUI) while two cases were still awaiting laboratory test results.
In addition, 128 more persons-under-surveillance (PUS) have been checked in to identified hotels to undergo quarantine.
As of today, there were a total number of 968 individuals undergoing quarantine in 14 hotels throughout the state.—DayakDaily
