Sarawak sees zero positive case of Covid-19 today

An infographic showing the Covid-19 situation in Sarawak as at November 21. Source: Sarawak Disaster Information
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By Adrian Lim

KUCHING, Nov 21: Sarawak reported zero positive case of Covid-19 today.

With no new case of Covid-19 reported, the State Disaster Management Committee (SDMC) in a press statement said the cumulative number of Covid-19 cases in Sarawak remained at 1,055 cases.

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The committee added that there was one patient who recovered and was allowed to be discharged from the hospital.

In the meantime 64 patients are receiving treatment for Covid-19 at isolation wards in the hospitals, of which 56 patients were being treated at the Sarawak General Hospital and the other eight patients at Miri Hospital.

The committee observed that a total of 59 local transmission cases of Covid-19 was reported in Kuching in the past 14 days.

SDMC said there were five new cases of Person-Under-Investigation (PUI) and none awaiting laboratory test results.

It added that there were 307 Person-Under-Surveillance (PUS) who registered into hotels and quarantine centres today to undergo the mandatory 14-days quarantine.

SDMC said 3,206 PUS were undergoing quarantine at 31 hotels and quarantine centres throughout Sarawak while a total of 32,754 PUS have completed their quarantine period today. — DayakDaily

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