KOTA KINABALU: Sabah recorded 260 new Covid-19 cases today, said State Local Government and Housing Minister Datuk Seri Panglima Masidi Manjun.
Masidi, who is also the state’s Covid-19 official spokesperson, said that Lahad Datu recorded the highest number of cases with 79 cases today, followed by Kota Kinabalu (36) and Tuaran (31).
“Out of the 260 new cases, a total of 139 cases (53.5%) were detected through close contact screenings at 15 districts, 52 cases (20%) were from existing clusters, 34 cases (13.1%) were from symptomatic screenings, eight cases (3%) were from community screenings and another 27 cases (10.4%) were from the other categories,” he said in a statement today.
Masidi disclosed that the state registered three Covid-19 fatalities today, all of which were in Sandakan.
“No new cluster was detected,” he added.
A total of 400 Covid-19 patients in the state recovered from the virus today.
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